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Fidel Faithful Likely to
Keep Power

Cubans unsure if leader's resignation
will change anything

New York Times New York Times Feb 20, 08 7:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Life went on as normal in Havana after Fidel Castro announced his resignation yesterday, and Cuba experts aren't sure how much real impact his decision will have, the New York Times reports. Cuba's National Assembly is due to choose a new Council of State on Sunday and power is expected to remain in the hands of Castro's inner circle. More »

More about:  Cuba • Fidel Castro • Raul Castro • Communist Party • Cuban Revolution • Havana

South Florida Quiet After Castro Resigns

Exile leaders stress need for democracy
on island nation

Miami Herald Miami Herald Feb 19, 08 5:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Few South Florida Cubans bothered to celebrate Fidel Castro's retirement today, the Miami Herald reports. Exile leaders dismissed the power shift to Castro's brother Raul as politics as usual for the island nation. "Just because he has given up a title, doesn't mean he has given up power,'' lawmaker Mario Diaz-Balart said. More »

More about:  Florida • Cuba • Fidel Castro • Miami • Raul Castro • Cuban Americans • South Florida • Cuban exiles • Little Havana

Fidel Steps Down After 50 Years

Cuban leader announces retirement

Associated Press Associated Press Feb 19, 08 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Fidel Castro has resigned after nearly 50 years as Cuba's leader, the AP reports. "I neither will aspire to, nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief," the 81-year-old wrote in a letter published in the Communist Party's online paper today. His brother Raul is widely expected to succeed him as president. More »

More about:  Cuba • Fidel Castro • Raul Castro • Communist Party • Cuban Revolution

Brazil Prez: Fidel 'Healthy, Lucid'

Lula signs economic pacts to help Cuba through transition

Reuters Reuters Jan 16, 08 9:07 AM CST
(Newser) - After meeting with Fidel Castro, Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said yesterday the 81-year-old leader was "incredibly lucid," healthy, and "ready to assume his political role in Cuba and the role he has in history." Lula met earlier with Raul Castro, who has been running the country since his brother's stomach surgery in 2006. More »

More about:  Cuba • Brazil • Fidel Castro • Latin America • Raul Castro • Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Fidel Flirts
With Retiring —Again

Says he once longed
to 'cling to power,' but life has changed him

BBC BBC Dec 29, 07 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Fidel Castro is hinting at retirement again, this time in a letter read aloud to Cuba's parliament yesterday by his brother Raul, the BBC reports. The letter expanded on a much-discussed comment he made last week about not "clinging to power."  This time he admits that he had once longed to do so, from "excessive youth and lack of conscience," but said life had changed him. More »

More about:  Cuba • Fidel Castro • Raul Castro • Cuban Revolution

Fidel's Fit
to Run for Re-election

Forget retirement:
Raul says big brother
is good to go

Associated Press Associated Press Dec 25, 07 8:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Fidel Castro is gaining weight, exercising regularly, has "full use of his mental faculties," and is running for re-election, says his brother Raúl. Raúl was stumping for Fidel yesterday in his electoral district of Santiago de Cuba, where he needs to be reelected to the National Assembly Jan. 20 in order to remain president, AP reports. More »

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Fidel Hints He's Ready to Retire

Talks of elder statesman role

Reuters Reuters Dec 18, 07 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro has clearly hinted at retirement for the first time since he fell ill 16 months ago, Reuters reports. He handed over power to his brother Raul last year on a temporary basis. "My elemental duty is not to hold on to positions and less to obstruct the path of younger people," Castro said in a letter read on Cuban state TV. More »

More about:  Cuba • Fidel Castro • Raul Castro • Oscar Niemeyer

Cuban Vote
Signals Future of Castro

He could resign by leaving name off
ballot next year

Associated Press Associated Press Nov 20, 07 7:44 PM CST
(Newser) - National parliamentary elections—which could mark a formal end to Fidel Castro's rule—will be held on Jan. 20, the AP reports. The ailing Castro must be re-elected to Cuba's National Assembly to regain his position as president. If he withholds his name from the ballot, "he is effectively resigning," said one analyst. More »

More about:  election • Cuba • Fidel Castro • Latin America • Raul Castro • interim leader

Bush to Urge Cubans to Rise Up

Calls power transition from Fidel to brother unacceptable

New York Times New York Times Oct 24, 07 4:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is expected to make a landmark speech on Cuba today, calling the transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his brother Raul unacceptable to the United States. The president will also address the Cuban people, urging them to resist "the force of a dying regime," reports the New York Times .   More »

More about:  George W. Bush • Cuba • Fidel Castro • democracy • Raul Castro • transition • political prisoner • Cuban dissidents

Castro's Hat Is Suddenly Hot Fashion Item

Tourists and apolitical youth snatch up caps
in apolitical fad

Reuters Reuters Sep 21, 07 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The trademark Castro hat is selling like hotcakes in Havana, bought by tourists and Cubans alike, although in neither case as a symbol of socialist support. Although the cap may often feature an image of Che Guevara, Cuban youths have been decorating it with tags from western clothing multinationals like Adidas, Puma or Tommy Hilfiger. More »

More about:  Cuba • Fidel Castro • Raul Castro • Che Guevara

US Official: Embargo Kept Cuba From Meddling

Policy starved Castro's military of funds

Reuters Reuters Sep 20, 07 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The decades-old US trade embargo against Cuba has been "an absolute and resounding success," the Cuban-born US commerce secretary said today. Carlos Gutierrez told a Latin America conference that the policy has stopped the island's communist government from orchestrating military attacks. But the embargo, in place since 1962, has repeatedly come under fire from human rights groups and the UN. More »

More about:  Cuba • Fidel Castro • Raul Castro • dictatorship • Cuban embargo • embargo • Carlos Gutierrez

Castro Surfaces—Or Does He?

Dictator's byline
doesn't put lid on rumors of his death

Reuters Reuters Aug 27, 07 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - A newspaper article purportedly written by Fidel Castro and published yesterday did little to quash rumors that the Cuban dictator's health is failing and even that he's dead. Castro hasn't been seen in public in over a year, and his brother Raul is in effective control of the government, but Cuban officials insist he's doing well, Reuters reports. More »

More about:  Venezuela • Cuba • Hugo Chávez • Fidel Castro • Miami • Raul Castro

Raul Castro Assumes Spotlight

Dictator's brother fills in at annual rite, rapping US, Bush

Miami Herald Miami Herald Jul 26, 07 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fidel Castro did not give his usual sermon at Cuba's annual Revolution Day celebration today; instead, his brother Raul took center stage. The no-longer-quite-so-interim leader, who assumed power a year ago because of his brother's health problems, told a cheering crowd that he's willing to negotiate with the US after the Bush administration leaves office, the Miami Herald reports. More »

More about:  United States • Cuba • Fidel Castro • Raul Castro • embargo • interim leader

Castro Skips
May Day Parade

Ailing Dictator was widely expected to make a triumphant comeback

Miami Herald Miami Herald May 1, 07 3:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fidel Castro was a no-show at today's May Day parade in Havana, disappointing Cubans expecting a triumphant comeback appearance. Hundreds of thousands in Revolution Square got only brother Raul, who's been in power since Fidel was stricken by an abdominal ailment nine months ago. More »

More about:  Cuba • Fidel Castro • Raul Castro • communism

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