On Thisday Feb. 19th, 2008 The ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro has announced stepping down, forty-nine years after taking power in an armed revolution.
This has ended the Cold War fracas that 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.
THROWBACKTHISDAY; makes it 8 years and TBT Blog remembers.
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