Cubans will remember Jimmy Carter "with gratitude," the island's leader Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Sunday, as condolences poured in for the former US president, who died at age 100.

By Will Grant, BBC Cuba correspondent Miguel Díaz-Canel represents a logical choice to succeed Raúl Castro. President Diaz-Canel has shown himself as loyal to the Castro-model of state socialism ...

Miguel Díaz-Canel was re-elected for a second term in office by the National Assembly of People's Power, a body which was renewed Wednesday after the March 27 elections, it was reported in Havanna.