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Cuban officials have rallied tens of thousands of supporters in the streets nearly a week after they were stunned by the most widespread protests in decades.

Cuban officials have rallied tens of thousands of supporters in the streets nearly a week after they were stunned by the most widespread protests in decades.

Thousands of Cubans took the streets Sunday to protest food shortages and high prices, in one of the biggest anti-government demonstrations in memory.

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In many ways, Cuba’s new maximum leader is nothing like those who have governed the island for the past six decades.

Cuban Americans at Versailles in Little Havana said they didn’t expect Raul Castro’s announcement on Friday to make a difference on the single-party politics of the communist island.

Raul Castro says he is stepping down as Cuban Communist Party leader, leaving the island without a Castro guiding affairs for the first time in more than six decades and handing control of the party to a younger generation.

For most of his life, Raul Castro played second-string to his brother Fidel — first as a guerrilla commander, later as a senior figure in their socialist government.

Experts in Miami agree that even though Raul Castro will no longer officially lead the Cuban Communist Party, he still remains the most powerful man on the island. His partial absence will likely test the current structure.

The Castro era is coming to an end after more than six decades. Raul Castro said he is stepping down as the leader of Cuba's Communist Party.

For most of his life, Raul Castro played second-string to his brother Fidel — first as a guerrilla commander, later as a senior figure in their socialist government.

Raul Castro says he is stepping down as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution.

Raul Castro is stepping down as the leader of Cuba’s “supreme body” on Friday, as the symbols of the revolution continue to fade away.

This week’s Communist Party congress in Cuba could be the last with a Castro at the helm of the island's all-powerful political institution.

MIAMI – Raul Castro and his protege, Miguel Diaz Canel, the president of Cuba, announced Thursday night they are unifying the island’s double currency system to get rid of the Cuban Convertible Peso, or CUC, which was pegged to the U.S. dollar. Starting Jan. 1, the Cuban peso will be the island’s only valid currency and it will have an exchange rate of 24 pesos for every U.S. dollar. This is after more than 25 years of having two national currencies. Castro, the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Diaz Canel made the announcement on the government’s national TV and radio stations. Diaz Canel said the “unification” is not a magic solution to the island’s economic problems, but it will address inefficiencies.

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is targeting the son-in-law of retired Cuban leader Raul Castro with sanctions as it steps up its campaign against the communist island’s government ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. The move freezes any assets he may have in U.S. jurisdictions and bars Americans from doing business with him. On Monday, Pompeo announced that FINCIMEX, a Cuban state company that processes remittances and issues the American International Services debit card, had been added to the sanctions list. Trump is seeking votes from anti-Castro Cuban-Americans in Florida and elsewhere, and has sought to paint Biden as soft on the Cuban government. Biden was vice president when former President Barack Obama and Raul Castro initiated a rapprochement in U.S.-Cuban relations.

President Obama is in Argentina Wednesday for a state visit. The two-day trip follows the president's historic trip to Cuba, where he took in a baseball game. An image Tuesday showed the president seated next to Cuban President Raul Castro hours after the Brussels attacks. This quickly came under fire back home from Republican candidates. Dean Reynolds reports on how the presidential hopefuls plan to confront the terror threat.

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President Obama held a meeting and press conference with Cuban President Raul Castro during his historic visit to Cuba. CBS News' Margaret Brennan has the latest details.

At a joint conference between President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro, the two leaders shared an awkward moment. CBSN's Jamie Yuccas has the details.

During President Obama's historic trip to Cuba, he and dictator Raul Castro gave statements side by side. In a surprising move, Castro took questions from the press. He was immediately asked about political prisoners and human rights abuses in Cuba. Margret Brennan reports from Havana.

President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro discuss the U.S. trade embargo, human rights and more during a press conference in Havana.

President Obama made his first state visit to Cuba Monday where he met and shook hands with President Raul Castro in Havana. Obama's visit marks the first trip by a sitting U.S. president to Cuba in 88 years.

President Barack Obama is the first sitting U.S. President to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years. He will meet with Cuban President Raul Castro during his stay, and attend the historic Cuba vs. Tampa Bay Rays baseball game this week.

Cuban President Raul Castro is considering rejoining the Catholic church. He met with Pope Francis at the Vatican Sunday. Castro wanted to thank the pope personally for the Vatican's role in re-establishing diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba. Allen Pizzey reports on the church's role in the talks.

Pope Francis played a key role in restoring relations between Cuba and the U.S. Allen Pizzey reports.

In Panama City, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro spent an hour discussing future ties between the two nations. Major Garrett was there for the historic encounter.

President Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro met on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas. Their meeting marked the first substantive talks between a U.S. president and a Cuban leader since President Eisenhower was in office. Major Garrett reports; Hillary Clinton is planning to announce online that she will run for president again. CBS News elections director Anthony Salvanto shares what polls say about where she stands.

Cuban citizens pleased with Obama's decision At a pre-holiday news conference, Obama discussed his phone call with Cuban president Raul Castro. CBS News anchor Scott Pelley reports from Havana that first-generation Cubans are enthusiastic about this decision.

Mariela Castro berates press over false death report The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro scolded the press for incorrectly reporting that she had been killed in an air crash, saying it was sad that "news of actual victims doesn't get around the world as quickly as this false report."

HAVANA – A new photo has surfaced of former Cuban president Fidel Castro meeting with the daughter of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Maria Gabriel Chavez posted the picture on her Instagram account Monday. Castro, 87, is wearing his famous tracksuit at his home in Havana. Castro did not attend his funeral in Venezuela, but his brother and current Cuban leader Raul Castro did. Castro retired as leader of the communist island in 2008 after falling ill in 2006, and is rarely seen in public.