Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz the 84 year old Cuban political leader and former communist revolutionary People in the party want Fidel to continue (March 11 2011)

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz the 84 year old Cuban political leader and former communist revolutionary will step down from his last position of leadership as secretary of the Communist Party, symbolically ending his 49 year rule of Cuba. While his brother Raul is expected to be elected in his replacement as happened when Castro relinquished his Presidential role, the major focus will be on who takes up the mantel of the second secretariat, providing an insight into the next generation of Cuban leadership. Important economic reforms to modernize the ailing soviet style economy are desperately needed for the Caribbean island that has endured a 50 year time warp under the Castro and his now 79 year old brother.

 

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