AdvertisementCuba Without A Castro: The Island's Old Guard Exits The StageUpdated April 16, 2021Carrie KahnScott NeumanfacebookEmailRaúl Castro, first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and the country's former president, clasps hands with Cuban President Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez during the closing session at the National Assembly of Popular Power in 2019 in Havana. (AP)This article was originally published on April 16, 2021.