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(FILES) In this file handout picture released by Cuban official website www.cubadebate.cu on July 8, 2016, Cuban President Raul Castro (L) talks with First Vice-Presidente Miguel Diaz-Canel during the First Annual Session of the Cuban Parliament at the Convention Palace in Havana. The Castro brothers' six-decade grip on power in Cuba approached its end on April 18, 2018 as the country's National Assembly named number two Miguel Diaz-Canel as the sole candidate for the presidency. Diaz-Canel, a 57-year-old Communist Party official and the current first vice president, is due to be confirmed Thursday as the successor to Raul Castro, who himself succeeded his elder brother Fidel. / AFP PHOTO / www.cubadebate.cu / ISMAEL FRANCISCO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /www.cubadebate.cu" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS