Raúl Castro marked his 95th birthday Wednesday, a significant milestone for a man still helping lead one of the world's last communist countries. Despite his formal political retirement, he remains central to rising tensions with the United States, which recently indicted him. Known as the "hero of the Republic of Cuba," Castro's name became synonymous with the 1959 revolution alongside his brother, Fidel.

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