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Who is Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba's likely new president? A look from those who know him

April 16, 2018

Carmen Sesin and Orlando Matos, NBC News

HAVANA — Thursday will mark the end of an era for Cuba.

That's the day Raúl Castro, 86, steps down as Cuba's president, the first time in more than 40 years the country won't be led by a Castro brother. As founders of Cuba's 1959 communist revolution, Fidel and Raúl Castro directly shaped the country's history and its role in power dynamics across the globe.

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