End of era in Cuba as Castro hands over power to Diaz-Canel

Havana Cuba marked the end of an era on Thursday as Miguel Diaz-Canel was formally elected as the country's new president, becoming the first leader of the Caribbean island in six decades who is not named Castro. The silver-haired Diaz-Canel ” a top Communist Party figure who has served as first vice president since 2013 ” assumes power from Raul Castro, who himself took over from his elder brother Fidel, father of the 1959 revolution. In his first speech as president, Diaz-Canel vowed to keep the country on the path of that"revolution", but also on the road to economic reform.