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Cuba's Raul Castro Announces Retirement In 5 Years |
2013-02-25 |
![]() ...Fidel's little brother... announced Sunday that he will step down as Cuba's president in 2018 following a final five-year term, for the first time putting a date on the end of the Castro era. He tapped rising star Miguel Diaz-Canel as his top lieutenant and first in the line of succession. The 81-year-old Castro also said he hopes to establish two-term limits and age caps for political offices including the presidency, an astonishing prospect for a nation led by Castro or his older brother Fidel since their 1959 revolution. |
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#1 There's an optimist who doesn't mind buying green bananas five years out. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2013-02-25 10:23 |