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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Rman on February 19, 2008, 10:08:36 AM

Title: Castro Resigns
Post by: Rman on February 19, 2008, 10:08:36 AM

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February 20, 2008
Fidel Castro Resigns as Cuba’s President
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.

MEXICO CITY — Fidel Castro stepped down Tuesday morning as the president of Cuba after a long illness, ending one of the longest tenures as one of the most all-powerful communist heads of state in the world, according to Granma, the official publication of the Cuban Communist Party.

Miami must be celebrating.  I wonder if this has any real consequence on U.S. foreign policy.  We'll see I guess.

Direct link with fulll story

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/world/americas/20castro.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/world/americas/20castro.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin)