HAVANA – Vilma Espin Guillois, the wife of acting President Raul Castro and one of the communist nation's most politically powerful women, died Monday, the Cuban government announced. She was 77. As ...

HAVANA — Vilma Espin Guillois, the wife of acting Cuban President Raul Castro and one of the communist nation’s most politically powerful women, died Monday, the government announced. She was 77.

Vilma Espín, who has died in Havana at the age of 77 after a long illness, was the most prominent surviving woman revolutionary in Cuba, both in her own right and as the wife of Raúl Castro, the ...

Havana, Sep 8 (EFE).Havana, Sep 8 (EFE). — Cuban President Raul Castro thanked the legendary onetime ballerina Alicia Alonso for the “beautiful tribute” offered by the National Ballet of Cuba to his ...

HAVANA — Vilma Espin Guillois, the wife of acting President Raul Castro and a former rebel fighter who served for decades as first lady of the Cuban revolution, was mourned across the island today.

Vilma Espin Guillois, the wife of acting President Raul Castro and a former rebel fighter who served for decades as first lady of the Cuban revolution, is mourned across the island Tuesday. Espin, 77, ...

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HAVANA (Reuters) - Vilma Espin, sister-in-law of convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro and one of the most powerful women in Cuba's political leadership, died on Monday in Havana. She was 77.

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HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance, speaking to school children about his brother’s late wife and revolutionary figure Vilma Espin. The 89-year-old former president regularly ...

Vilma Espin, the wife of Cuba's acting leader Raul Castro and for years one of the most important women in Cuba, died Monday in Havana. She was 77. Espin fought alongside Fidel Castro during the Cuban ...