Cuban dissidents in electoral challenge as Castro era nears end

HAVANA (Reuters) - Opponents of the Cuban government are putting forward an unprecedented number of candidates for municipal elections in late October, the first step in a process to select a new president after nearly 60 years of the Castro brothers' rule.

The electoral cycle comes at a tricky time for the Caribbean nation as the Castros' revolutionary generation dies off, an economic reform programme appears stalled, aid from key ally Venezuela shrinks, and the Trump administration threatens.