Tuesday, April 19, 2011

BREAKING - FIDEL CASTRO STEPS DOWN - THIS TIME FROM POWER

By Isabel Sanchez


HAVANA — Fidel Castro confirmed his exit from the Communist Party leadership on Tuesday, ceding power to his brother Raul as delegates prepare to vote on changes that could bring term limits to key posts.

The move came after the sixth Communist Party Congress approved a flurry of measures on Monday aimed at keeping Cuba's centrally planned economy from collapse but without any broad embrace of market-oriented change.


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