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The Cuban parliament re-elects Miguel Diaz-Canel as the country's president, a position reinstated by the new Constitution after 43 years. IMAGES
Officials announce Miguel Diaz-Canel is the sole candidate to succeed Cuba's President Raul Castro. IMAGES
Cuba's National Assembly votes for the island's president for the next five years. Incumbent Miguel Diaz-Canel is set to clinch a second term via the parliamentary vote as the sole candidate in a country where political opposition is illegal. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel is wrong to blame the United States for historic protests over the weekend. "It would be a grievous mistake for the Cuban regime to interpret what is happening in dozens of towns and cities across the island as a result or product of anything the United States has done," Blinken tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel holds welcoming ceremony for Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela in Havana during his state visit. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets his Cuban counterpart Miguel Diaz-Canel during an official ceremony in Ankara. Diaz-Canel is on a global tour which has already taken him to Algeria and Russia, and will also take him to China, with the aim to boost his country's struggling energy sector in the midst of prolonged blackouts and fuel shortages. IMAGES
Cuban president Miguel Diaz Canel hosts Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva at the Revolution Palace in Havana, as the country concludes the G77+China summit. IMAGES
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel welcomes presidents and representatives of delegations participating in the 77+China Summit taking place in the capital, Havana. IMAGES