Castro resigns as Cuban president: official media
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Fidel Castro resigned Tuesday as president and commander in chief of Cuba in a message published in the online version of the official daily
Granma.
"I neither will aspire to nor will I accept -- I repeat -- I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief," wrote the Cuban leader, who had been in power for almost 50 years. (AFP) |
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