Fidel Castro stepped down Tuesday morning as the president of Cuba after a long illness. This announcement was made in a letter to the nation written by Castro and published early Tuesday morning on the Web site of Granma, the official publication of the Cuban Communist Party. His brother, Raúl will continue to rule, with the only change being his official title. Rather than being and “Interim President” he will now be “President.”
Fidel has been fighting his bad health over the past few years, so we knew that the end of Castro was getting nearer. I just don’t know all of what effect this will have on his people, but I hope that it will be better than what he had to offer them.