In the Sierra Maestra, Castro brothers' revolution lives on


  • World
  • Wednesday, 18 Apr 2018

Farmer Javier Tamayo (L), 55, sits at the door of a neighbour's home in the village of Santo Domingo, in the Sierra Maestra, Cuba, March 29, 2018. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

SANTO DOMINGO, Cuba (Reuters) - In the rugged Sierra Maestra mountains near where Fidel Castro made his hideout as he led a guerrilla uprising in the late 1950s, Cubans say they are still grateful for the land reforms and modern amenities his leftist revolution brought.

Fidel Castro's younger brother Raul Castro, 86, steps down as president this week. His successor is likely to be 57-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel, the first time that Communist-run Cuba has had a leader born after the 1959 revolution.

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