Raul Modesto Castro Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Central Committee of the Communist Party

Apppointed a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and the Second Secretary of its Politburo since the Party's formation in October 1965

Constitution of Cuba

Apppointed a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and the Second Secretary of its Politburo since the Party's formation in October 1965

Politburo

Apppointed a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and the Second Secretary of its Politburo since the Party's formation in October 1965

Sanctions

President Barack Obama loosens the travel ban, now allowing Cuban-Americans to travel freely to the country

Constitution of Cuba

Castro delegates his duties as President of the Council of state, President of the Council of Minister's, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and the post of commander in chief of the armed forces to his brother and First Vice President, Rapounds l

Role range: 1976-

Health of Raul Modesto Castro

Castro hands over power to his brother Raul after undergoing intestinal surgery

Role range: 1976-

President of Cuba

Raul Castro became the new President, the islands Parliament appoints revolutionary leader Jose Ramon Machado for the Governments No. 2 spot

Role range: 2008-

Ban

New President Raul Castros Government lifts a ban on Cubans staying at hotels previously reserved for foreigners

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first time as Raul Castros new Government loosens controls on consumer goods and invites private farmers to plant tobacco, coffee and other crops on unused state land

Role range: 2008-

Nationalization

Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first time as Raul Castro's new Government loosens controls on consumer goods and invites private farmers to plant tobacco, coffee and other crops on unused state land

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

New regulations allow thousands of Cubans to get title to state-owned homes, a step that might lay the groundwork for broader housing reform

Role range: 2008-

Reform of Housing

New regulations allow thousands of Cubans to get title to state-owned homes, a step that might lay the groundwork for broader housing reform

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

Lines stretch for blocks outside phone centres as the Government allows ordinary Cubans to sign up for cellular phone service for the first time

Role range: 2008-

A Government spokesman says that South Africa has waived Cuban debt totaling

A Government spokesman says that South Africa has waived Cuban debt totaling more than 100 million dollars

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

A Government spokesman says that South Africa has waived Cuban debt totaling more than 100 million dollars

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

Cuba announces a major shake-up of its troubled farm sector on May Day, shifting control of the islands farms from officials at the Agriculture Ministry to more than 150 local councils

Role range: 2008-

May Day

Cuba announces a major shake-up of its troubled farm sector on May Day, shifting control of the islands farms from officials at the Agriculture Ministry to more than 150 local councils

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

Computers go on sale to the general public

Role range: 2008-

Agreement on Lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

Role range: 2008-

Sanctions

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

Role range: 2008-

Agreement on Lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

Role range: 2008-

Sanctions

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

Role range: 2008-

Reform of Government

An official says that Cuba has authorized sex-change operations and will offer them free for qualifying citizens

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

President Raul Castro warns Cubans to prepare for a "realistic" brand of communism that is economically viable and does away with excessive state subsidies designed to promote equality on the island

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

Communist officials decree that private farmers and cooperatives can use up to 100 acres (40 hectares) of idle Government land, as President Raul Castro works to revive the floundering agricultural sector

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

It is reported that Cuba had notified at least 2 foreign Governments that it could not meet debt payments

Role range: 2008-

Meeting with Debt payments

It is reported that Cuba had notified at least 2 foreign Governments that it could not meet debt payments

Role range: 2008-

Cuba politely declined a US offer to send a disaster assessment team

Cuba politely declined a US offer to send a disaster assessment team to the island after Hurricane Gustav, saying it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and the sale of food and other materials it needs to recover

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

Cuba politely declined a US offer to send a disaster assessment team to the island after Hurricane Gustav, saying it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and the sale of food and other materials it needs to recover

Role range: 2008-

Hurricane

Cuba politely declined a US offer to send a disaster assessment team to the island after Hurricane Gustav, saying it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and the sale of food and other materials it needs to recover

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

Deadly Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba, blowing buildings to rubble and sending waves surging over homes, 900,000 Cubans evacuated from its path, which forecasters said could take it to Louisiana or Texas

Role range: 2008-

Hurricane

Deadly Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba, blowing buildings to rubble and sending waves surging over homes, 900,000 Cubans evacuated from its path, which forecasters said could take it to Louisiana or Texas

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

Hurricane Ike roared south of Havana, Cuba, after tearing across the island nation, ravaging homes, killing at least four people and forcing 1.2 million to evacuate

Role range: 2008-

Hurricane

Hurricane Ike roared south of Havana, Cuba, after tearing across the island nation, ravaging homes, killing at least four people and forcing 1.2 million to evacuate

Role range: 2008-

Hurricane

Hurricane Ike barreled across the warm, energizing waters of the Gulf of Mexico on its way toward the Texas coast after crashing through Cuba's tobacco country and toppling aging Havana buildings

Role range: 2008-

Hurricane

Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph (195 kph) as it shrieked toward the heartland of Cuba's cigar industry on a track to hit the US Gulf Coast, three years after Hurricane Katrina

Role range: 2008-

Economy of Cuba

President Barack Obama extended the embargo through September 14, 2011, determining that the embargo "is in the national interest of the United States

Role range: 2008-

Sanctions

President Barack Obama extended the embargo through September 14, 2011, determining that the embargo "is in the national interest of the United States

Role range: 2008-