Castro Resigns!!!

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.

“I will not aspire to neither will I accept — I repeat I will not aspire to neither will I accept — the position of President of the Council of State and Commander in chief,” he wrote.

He added: “It would betray my conscience to occupy a responsibility that requires mobility and the total commitment that I am not in the physical condition to offer.”

“I am not saying goodbye to you,” he wrote. “I only wish to fight as a soldier of ideas.”

The State Of . . .Cuba. After 49 years in power, Fidel hands the reigns over to his brother Raul until a permanent successor is named. Viva Fidel!!