Cuba set to choose non-Castro president

By Guillermo Nova and Sinikka Tarvainen
Updated April 16 2018 - 1:01pm, first published 12:55pm
Cuba's VP Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez (R) is set to become the nation's first non-Vastro president.
Cuba's VP Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez (R) is set to become the nation's first non-Vastro president.

Cuba will elect a new president on Thursday, marking the end of an era, as 86-year-old Raul Castro hands over power to the Caribbean island's first non-Castro president in six decades.

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