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Cuba's presidency is expected to be passed to vice-president Miguel Díaz-Canel, pictured centre, after Raúl Castro, 86, opts for retirement in April. Photograph courtesy of El Salvador's president's office

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BY LES WHITTINGTON

January 31, 2018

CAYO COCO, Cuba—Uprooted mangrove thickets are still piled up behind the beaches along Cuba’s north coast, interspersed with shards of concrete and steel and other flotsam left over from the destruction wrought by Hurricane Irma. Four months after the storm roared through the Caribbean island, ...

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