In this Sept. 28, 2006 file photo, Cuba's acting President Raul Castro, left, speaks with Vice President Carlos Lage, center, and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque during a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov in Havana. Castro abruptly ousted some of Cuba's most powerful officials Monday, remaking the government in the biggest shakeup since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro a year ago. Roque was replaced by his own deputy, Bruno Rodriguez, and Lage kept his job as vice president of the Council of State but was replaced as Cabinet Secretary by Gen. Jose Amado Ricardo Guerra. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

In this Sept. 28, 2006 file photo, Cuba's acting President Raul Castro, left, speaks with Vice President Carlos Lage, center, and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque during a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov in Havana. Castro abruptly ousted some of Cuba's most powerful officials Monday, remaking the government in the biggest shakeup since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro a year ago. Roque was replaced by his own deputy, Bruno Rodriguez, and Lage kept his job as vice president of the Council of State but was replaced as Cabinet Secretary by Gen. Jose Amado Ricardo Guerra.

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