Cuba celebrates Castro's 100th as his revolution faces its toughest test
- A key intermediary in secret negotiations between Havana and the Trump administration, 42-year-old Rodr, grandson of former Cuban President Castro, is being discussed among United States officials as a potential future leader of Cuba.
- Long known as the bodyguard and personal aide to Castro, Rodr has evolved into a trusted political advisor who attended nearly every significant meeting involving his grandfather, including sessions with Pope Francis.
- Rodr has recently met separately with CIA Director John Ratcliffe and State Marco Rubio as the two governments pursue talks aimed at easing United States sanctions against the island.
- His rising profile comes amid allegations that he facilitated a smuggling network known as the "Cuban Mafia in Quintana Roo," though prosecutors have never charged Rodr in the case.
- While Senior Cuban officials dismissed accusations as slander, Rodr has made little secret of his ambition to become the Cuban President one day, stating he is working to change the current situation.
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Havana. The commemoration of the 100 years of birth of the organizer of the assault on the Moncada barracks became, also, the moment to ratify the new international alignments. In one more episode of the diplomatic missives, the heads of state of the Russian bear and the Asian dragon sent, separately, Raúl Castro and Miguel Díaz-Canel, messages of support to the island and its revolution.
In 1959 Castro's revolution triumphed in Cuba. A historian, a liberation theologian and a photographer remember the defining moments with the comandante.
Raúl Castro made an official state visit to Paris a decade ago, as president of Cuba, when a full-bodied security guard who was part of his entourage drew attention. The man remained so close to Castro while the two were walking through the red carpet of the Elisha Palace that a member of the French guard of honour tried to push him away. Even François Hollande, president of France at the time, made a gesture to get him to back off. The security…
Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, known as “El Cangrejo”, would have used his influence in Cuba to protect a network dedicated to the smuggling of migrants
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