Raúl Castro Resurfaces on Cuban TV, Quashing Rumors

Cuba's National Assembly elects Castro president, formalizing the power he had held provisionally since July 2006. He serves until April 19, 2018, when Díaz-Canel, his handpicked successor, replaces him.

Castro formally retires, stepping down as first secretary of the Communist Party.

A federal grand jury in Miami indicts Castro over the 1996 Cuban military strikes on two unarmed Cessnas flown by Brothers to the Rescue, WPLG Local 10 reported.

The U.S. Justice Department unseals the charges: conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, four counts of murder and two counts of destruction of an aircraft, according to Local 10. The AP reported the department filed murder charges in the case in June. Castro has made no statement about the charges.

Castro is absent from the rally marking the anniversary of the 1953 Moncada assault, his first such absence in decades. The AP called it a trigger for the health rumors that followed.

Castro's previous public appearance, according to the AP. Local 10 reported his last appearance before the health reports was June 6, at a ceremony marking the 62nd anniversary of Cuba's Ministry of the Interior.

Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reports that Castro had suffered a stroke. Cuban officials stay silent.

Castro's condition is stable after a hospitalization, according to sources in contact with Local 10 news analyst Andy Gomez, the former director of the University of Miami's Institute for Cuban Studies.

State television airs the ceremony footage Saturday night.

Díaz-Canel posts photos from the event on X Sunday morning.