President Raul Castro had already announced that his older brother did not want to be immortalized with statues or public places named with his name. Photo: Getty Images Cuba’s National Assembly approved a law on Tuesday that bans erecting commemorative statues of Fidel Castro or naming public places after him, in accordance with the wishes of the revolutionary leader who died last month.
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Michael Weissenstein named AP Caribbean news director
” Michael Weissenstein, a veteran correspondent and editor who currently serves as Cuba bureau chief for The Associated Press, has been named all-formats news director of a newly unified Caribbean Bureau, headquartered in Havana. The appointment means that the AP is returning its Caribbean base of operations to Cuba, the region’s largest country, for the first time in 55 years.