Raúl Castro turns 95 as Cuba celebrates enigmatic figure

The development

Raúl Castro turns 95 as Cuba celebrates enigmatic figure AP News

Why castro matters

This development in castro, turns, cuba, celebrates, enigmatic matters because it alters the baseline assumptions that AP News and others have been working from.

What led here

AP News notes that this did not emerge in isolation; pressures have been building around castro.

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The editorial angle

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