Cuba's Raul Castro attends interment of younger sister


  • World
  • Wednesday, 29 Mar 2017

FILE PHOTO - Cuba's President Raul Castro attends an ALBA alliance summit to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez in Caracas, Venezuela, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro participated in an "intimate and simple family ceremony" on Tuesday interring the ashes of his sister Agustina del Carmen Castro Ruz, according to state television.

Agustina was the youngest of the seven Castro siblings, including Raul and Fidel, who together have run the island nation for nearly 60 years.

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