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Cuba under Fidel and Raul: the island nation has suffered greatly under the Castros, and though Fidel has stepped down, his tragic legacy remains, with brother Raul still at the helm.(HISTORY--PAST AND PERSPECTIVE)
On February 19, Cuba's radio and television stations announced that ailing 81-year-old Fidel Castro had stepped aside as the nation's leader. Their messages noted that the Cuban parliament speedily named his 76-year-old brother Raul as president. Accepting the office on February 24, Raul Castro stated, "I assume this responsibility knowing that as far as the commander in chief is concerned, there is only one. Fidel is Fidel. All of us know he is irreplaceable." That was Raul's way of indicating there will be no marked deviation from 49 years of communist tyranny in the island nation only 90 miles from the tip of Florida.
That is not good news for the Cuban ...
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