Cuba's President Raul Castro, waves after voting during a session of the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2012. Cuba’s President Raul Castro accepted a new five-year term that will be, he said, his last as Cuba's president. read more
"Raul's more visible role inevitably reflects the fact that Cuba cannot run on autopilot forever, and Fidel Castro's recovery is occurring very gradually, if at all," said Dan Erikson, Caribbean expert at the Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington. read more