http://observers.france24.com/en/category/tags/raul-castro La vue par taxonomie avec une profondeur de 0. en http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20090727-raul-castro-we-no-longer-see-him-56-anniversary-speech-shadows <p> Saturday marked the Cuban Revolution's 56^th birthday and Raul Castro's third time in celebrating the event with a televised speech. One of our Observers there, Yoani Sanchez, watched the speech on her TV at home. Here are her thoughts... </p> http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20090727-raul-castro-we-no-longer-see-him-56-anniversary-speech-shadows#comments video communism Cuba Raúl Castro Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:46:33 +0200 Sophie Team Observers 136922 at http://observers.france24.com http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20080219-castro-retires-cuban-blogger-yoani-sanchez-%E2%80%9Crelieved%E2%80%9D <p> <a href="http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/" target="_blank">Ganma</a>, Cuba's official news site, has just announced that<a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20080219-fidel-castro-retires-cuba-statement&amp;navi=MONDE" target="_blank"> Fidel Castro has given up his presidency of the country</a>. On hearing the news we immediately called our Observer in Havana, blogger Yoani Sanchez, to get her reaction. As the news had not yet been broadcast on Cuban TV or radio, Sanchez was unaware of the declaration and gave an initial reaction of &quot;a sense of relief&quot;. She said she believes that the Cuban system could now evolve into something similar to the Chinese regime. </p> http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20080219-castro-retires-cuban-blogger-yoani-sanchez-%E2%80%9Crelieved%E2%80%9D#comments Cuba election Fidel Castro Raúl Castro 23.079732 -82.353516 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:18:37 +0100 Julien 9099 at http://observers.france24.com