Fidel Castro has been the president of Cuba since 1959 and he has been the head of the Cuba Comunist Party since 1965. In 2006 he steped down from power and from being the first secretary of the party because of health problems. He is 84 now, and recently has said that he does not plan to have those roles again, and stated that now his younger brother Raul is president and first secretary of the party.
what does that mean to Cubans? What does that mean for Cuba? It this a step in the direction of democracy? It could be, we'll have to wait and see.
see the entire article on: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=134758708 published March 22, 2011.
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