New Cuban President Even Better Than Castro

A new wind is blowing up in Cuba. On April 19, the National Assembly of Cuba elected its new president. It was the second shift to the country's communist leadership since 1959. And for the first time in the last six decades, the new leader was not a Castro.

What will happen to this place from now on?

First, to know where they're going, let's see where they were. Fidel Castro came to power in 1959 after orchestrating a stick that brought down the United States-backed dictator Fulgencio Batistan.

Shortly after taking over in Cuba, he placed the first Communist state in the Western Hemisphere. During the 1960 ' s, the Republic of Cuba continued to link itself with the Soviet Union. A movement that raised many red flags to the United States.

Casto also allowed the Soviet Union to begin deploying underground nuclear ballistic missiles to Cuba. Later, the missiles left the island, but tensions with the northern neighbour, the US would hold too high.

The US broke all diplomatic ties with Cuba and imposed a large number of sanctions that officially imposed the ban on any commercial and commercial activity among the respective nations.

The embargo adversely affected Cuban social and economic life. Castro's regime had not only international implications but also affected domestic affairs.

He established a single-party political system, taking over every single Cuban life ass, expanding national social services for all, and giving it free.

According to Human Rights Watch, Castro held the printing record. During his regime, thousands of Cubans were imprisoned in terrible conditions, thousands had been persecuted, and a whole generation was in the absence of basic political freedom in its one - party country.

His policies even led to an exuberance of Cubans to the United States. After Castro began confiscating private property, many high - and - middle - class people left their homeland.

Cuban residents were also isolated from the outside world. He banned all the information that could flow to his country but also came out of his country. This is how people in Cuba lived in about five decades under Fidel Castro's regime.

In 2006, when his health was leaving him, he gave up his power to his younger brother, Raúl.

In 2008, he officially resigned from the presidency, leaving the country to Raul. Although the latter was considered a hardline communist, some experts saw Raul as a more pragmatic leader than his villa. And these experts seem to have been right.

Just a few months after taking power, he allowed private ownership of mobile phones and computers, announcing the change in economic policies.

Moreover, he began to have a milder approach to dissidents in his country. Instead of the long imprisonments of Fidel's time for protesters, Raul kept them only a few hours or days in prison. He also limited the time of duty to government leaders.

In 2011, he demanded that he have two terms of five years for senior government officials and party officials. He also took the historic decision to establish diplomatic relations with the United States and welcomed then US President Barack Obama to Cuba for a state visit. It was the first time an American president has visited the island since the Revolution of 399.

But Raul's presidency has not been just that of progress. Under his regime, the Cuban nation's economy has seen growth. While his mandate is coming to an end, many Cubans hope his successor will follow in his footsteps, and undertake reforms that he was unable to undertake.

This brings us today, where the country's new president was elected on April 19th: Miguel Diaz-Canel, a loyal man of Castro and vice president.

Little is known of how much Diaz-Caneli can change the island, or whether he will lead the country as he has been led in the last 60 years.

He is seen as more moderate, and has said he will be more committed to public concerns. Last week a video from a communist summit was released, where he was heard insulting political dissidents, foreign embassies and media.

There are several media platforms, for example, OnCuba, on its digital platform, it's very aggressive against revolution. We'll close it up. We'll close their digital platform. It's gonna be a scandal. Let's say we're spotting them, no problem. ” he said.

He is not even expected to reduce tensions with the United States. Finally, he has rejected the US “request to change the economic and political system.” And while he will be the first non-Christian president in nearly 60 years, Raul Castro will remain the secretary of the communist party for years to come, a position that has as much power as the country's president. Now this world.