Changing Cuba

Background

• Age of austerity

  Cuba celebrates May Day but in scaled-down style

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• Final farewell?

  Fidel shares stage at Communist Party Congress

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• A last hurrah?

  Congress gives Cuba's leaders chance to revel in past glories

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• 'Perfect failure'

  Invasion of Cuba 50 years ago still affects US-Cuban relations

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• Cuban evolution

  Guardians of Cuba's struggling system steer it towards market socialism

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• Profile: Raul Castro

  Younger Castro brother who has played central role since revolution

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• Fidel: The world icon

  Known by his frst name alone, he is instantly recognisable

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• Fidel Castro: A life in pictures

  Images from the life of Fidel Castro, the revolutionary who seized power and held it for nearly 50 years.