Raul Castro elected First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party
HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 19 President Raul Castro was elected First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party during the closing session of the Sixth Congress of this political organization on Tuesday morning at Havana's Convention Center.
President Raul Castro announced Monday that Cuba will convene its first Communist Party congress since 1997 -- a gathering that could chart the island's political future long after he and his older brother Fidel are gone.