This comes about 45 years too late for most and probably of not much circumstance, as he's basically been out of commission now for nearly a year and a half due to an intestinal illness that sadly hasn't killed him either, merrily outlasting 10 U.S. presidents and the Soviet Union along the way.
This will be of some limited comfort to the millions of Cuban exiles here in America and elsewhere, which now will most likely watch Fidel's equally dictorial brother Raul step in and take over the reigns of the communist holdout island unless the citizens there get some backbone and finally overthrow the communists and introduce some sort of representative democracy in it's place.
Only time will tell.
This will be of some limited comfort to the millions of Cuban exiles here in America and elsewhere, which now will most likely watch Fidel's equally dictorial brother Raul step in and take over the reigns of the communist holdout island unless the citizens there get some backbone and finally overthrow the communists and introduce some sort of representative democracy in it's place.
Only time will tell.
Fidel Castro Resigns Cuban Presidency:
"HAVANA (AP) - Ailing leader Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president early Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying in a letter published in online official media that he would not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday.
'I will not aspire nor accept—I repeat I will not aspire or accept—the post of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief,' read the letter signed by Castro and published quietly overnight without advance warning in the online edition of the Communist Party daily Granma.
The new National Assembly is meeting Sunday for first time since January elections to pick the governing Council of State, including the presidency Castro holds. There had been wide speculation about whether he would accept a nomination for re-election to that post or retire.
The 81-year-old Castro's overnight announcement effectively ends his rule of almost 50 years over Cuba, positioning his 76-year-old brother Raul for permanent succession to the presidency.
Over the decades, the fiery guerrilla leader reshaped Cuba into a communist state 90 miles from U.S. shores and survived assassination attempts, a CIA-backed invasion and a missile crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Since his rise to power on New Year's Day 1959, Castro resisted attempts by 10 U.S. administ" continued
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