HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro will hold the Cuban Communist Party's highest post for another five years alongside his hardline second-in-command, state media reported Tuesday, in a resounding message that the island's aging revolutionary leaders will retain control in the face of detente with the United States and widespread popular dissatisfaction with the country's economic performance.
Government news sites said Castro, 84, would remain the party's first secretary and Jose Ramon Machado Ventura would hold the post of second secretary for a second term. Castro currently is both president and first secretary. The decision means he will hold a position at least as powerful as the presidency even after stepping down from that post in 2018.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The co-founders of Ben & Jerry's have been arrested at the U.S. Capitol as part of ongoing protests in Washington about the role of money in politics.
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were among approximately 300 people who were arrested Monday as part of protests by a group called Democracy Awakening.
