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Mexico City, Mexico — Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, among the last living commanders of the Cuban revolution and the architect of the island’s surveillance apparatus, died June 21 at the age of 94. President Miguel Díaz-Canel broke the news on X without offering details. State media confirmed his death. The Cuban president said it felt like losing a father, and praised Valdés’s “absolute loyalty” to “Fi...