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New Cuban President
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- The National Congress of Cuba extended the five-year term of Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel.
- In 2018, Diaz-Canel succeeded Raul Castro as president and first secretary in 2021 of the Cuban Communist Party, respectively.
- He is the first non-Castro person born after the 1959 revolution to hold both of those significant positions.
- In recent years, the Cuban economy has collapsed, with GDP falling 11% in 2020 after the pandemic struck.
- Inflation from January to October of last year was 40% at official rates.
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