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Raúl Castro—politician

Birth

Raúl Castro Ruz (born June 3, 1931) is a Cuban politician and revolutionary, the younger brother of Fidel Castro.

Education

Raúl Castro, the acting president, attended.

Work

Raúl Castro sent an additional four thousand troops to prevent further dissension within the MPLA's ranks and met with Neto in August in a display of solidarity.

Raúl (Castro, the interim president) announced them on Jul. 26 (in his Revolution Day speech)," said María Gómez, a regular customer at a farmers' market in the El Vedado barrio of the capital.

Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born June 3, 1931) is the Acting President of Cuba and Acting President/First Vice President of the Cuban Council of State. ... On July 31, 2006, Raúl Castro assumed the duties of President of the Council of State in a temporary transfer of power due to Fidel Castro's illness.

Raúl Castro Ruz was a member of the National Leadership of the Integrated Revolutionary Organizations (established July 1961; dissolved March 1962) and of the United Party of the Socialist Revolution of Cuba (established March 1962; dissolved October 1965). ... Castro is credited with persuading his older brother to implement agricultural market reforms in the early 1990s which increased the food supply, after the Soviet Union fell and its generous subsidies to Cuba stopped.

Most commentators consider Raúl Castro to be a political hardliner who will maintain the Communist Party of Cuba's political power at all costs. There are some who believe that he is more pragmatic than his older brother and more willing to institute free market-oriented economic policies. It is speculated that he favours a variant of the current Chinese political and economic model for Cuba in the hopes of preserving some elements of the socialist system.[4] However, ...

Raúl Castro (left), Fidel (right) enjoying a laugh and a drink with the now-exiled Norberto Fuentes

Raúl Castro called the Bush administration "erratic and dangerous," but said he would be open to discussing improved relations after a new president takes over following next year's elections.