TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: Havana, Cuba (CNN) Hurricane Irma, which devastated much of the Caribbean in September, has claimed a new victim: Raul Castro's succession plans. On Thursday, Cuban officials said the island was still dealing with the aftermath of the killer storm and needed to postpone long-held plans for Castro, 86, to retire on February 24, 2018, when his second five-year term ends. It was to have been the first time that Cuba was ruled by a leader not named Castro since the 1959 revolution that swept Raul Castro's older brother Fidel Castro to power. The wrath of Irma, however, delayed the Communist-run island's single party elections process, which appoints the Cuban National Assembly that in turn selects Cuba's president.Cuba, dealing with Hurricane Irma aftermath, says Castro will retire in April instead of FebruaryCastro has indicated first Vice President Miguel-Diaz Canel has his blessing to be the next president 
 Question:"My second and last term will have concluded," _ told Cuban lawmakers on Thursday, "and Cuba will have a new president."

SOLUTION: Raul Castro

PROBLEM: (CNN) Mariella Azzato sees her staff thinning almost daily in Venezuela. Over 430 professors, assistants and faculty have left the University of Simon Bolivar, in Caracas, since 2015, according to Azzato, the university's vice rector of administration. The public university is widely considered one of Venezuela's best, yet more than a third of the faculty have left in three years. The vast majority of professors are leaving in search of better lives in other countries as Venezuela dives deeper into an economic and humanitarian crisis punctuated by a government many, including President Trump, deem a dictatorship. "A moment is going to arrive when there's isn't anyone," Azzato laments. "There's an exodus of the most talented professors to other countries."Professors seek better lives in other countries as Venezuela dives deeper into crisisOver 39,000 Venezuelans sought asylum around the world in the first half of this year, UN report says 
 Question:Some _ cross the border to buy food, toiletries and other essentials and then return the same day to Venezuela.

SOLUTION: Venezuela

PROBLEM: If you had planned to jet off today to catch the end of the Easter school break, you may just wish you had stayed at home. In a double hit for thousands of holidaymakers trying to leave Britain today, strikes by French air traffic controllers and new border control checks threaten severe delays. Air passengers face up to three days of disruption, with British Airways, easyJet, Ryanair and Flybe among the airlines forced to cancel dozens of flights. Scroll down for video Delays: easyJet is one of many airlines set to cancel flights over a strike by French air traffic controllers over the next three days (file photo)Strikes by French air traffic controllers will affect thousands of Brits todayNew border control checks may also mean major delays for holidaymakersBA, easyJet, Flybe and Ryanair among airlines forced to cancel flightsThree days of disruption start today at 5am and end on Friday morning 
 Question:BA warned of ‘significant disruption’ and apologised for the cancellation of around a dozen return flights from _.

SOLUTION:
Britain