Fidel Castro resigns as Cuban president

Fidel Castro, the Cuban president who seized power in a 1959 revolution, has stated in a quote in Cuba’s state-run newspaper Granma that when the National Assembly of Cuba meets on February 24 he “will not aspire to or accept… the positions of President of Council of State and Commander in Chief.”

81-year-old Castro handed over control to his 76-year-old brother Raúl when he underwent surgery in July 2006. “It would betray my conscience to take up a responsibility that requires mobility and total devotion, that I am not in a physical condition to offer,” Castro explained.

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