Raúl Castro

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In this June 30, 2010, file photo, Elian Gonzalez attends an official event with Cuba's President Raul Castro in Havana, Cuba. The young Cuban raft boy who was the subject of a high-profile international custody dispute more than a decade ago, turned 20 on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Adalberto Roque, File Pool)

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** FILE ** In this file photo from July 26, 2012, Raul Castro speaks in Guantanamo on Revolution Day, the anniversary of the July 26, 1953, rebel attack on a military barracks led by Fidel and Raul Castro that is considered the beginning of the Cuban revolution. (Associated Press)

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Cubans walk to Thursday’s celebration in Guantanamo of Revolution Day during which President Raul Castro said he is open to talks with the U. S. His offer was met by skepticism in the U.S., most vehemently from Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. “When the Castro brothers talk, they lie,” the Cuban-born Florida Republican said. (Associated Press)