The Cuban leader on 19th March, 2008, forty-nine years after taking
power in an armed revolution. This has
ended the Cold War fracas that has made him an icon to leftists, and a tyrant
to his foes. Castro, 81, who has not appeared in
public since undergoing stomach surgery, said he would not be seeking a new
term as president or leader of Cuba's armed
forces when the National Assembly meets again. His retirement has raised expectations
for a post-communist system of
government, and calls by the United States for democracy.
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