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Raul Castro, Fidel Castro's younger brother, was voted into the office of president of Cuba Sunday, February 24. Where does Cuba go now?

The Cuban dictator Fidel Castro is suspected of having terminal cancer and is not expected to live more than 18 months. What will happen to Cuba once Castro dies, and will the goal of the US be to make Cuba a democracy?

With the US Government, the Latin American bloc, commentators of the region and of course Cubans, all eagerly speculating on life after Castro, it begs the question if the Cuban revolution can continue without Castro at the helm.

Fidel Castro, president of Cuba, officially resigned in a letter Tuesday, February 19, handing over the reins of govenment ot his brother, Raul.

Since 1959, Castro has been ruling Cuba with an iron hand. He has become the longest serving political leader in the world. With his health now in question, and leadership delegated to his younger brother Raul Castro, uncertainty looms large over Cuba's future.

For the last 48 years Castro has ruled Cuba.

This weeks temporary turnover of power to Fidel Castro's brother demonstrates that the 79 year-old dictator is nearing the end of his reign. There will be a power grab in Cuba and the United States should take advantage of it.

Castro appears to be getting healthier and recovering from his illness in a television interview on Cuban television.

The transition from Fidel Castro to a new government, if headed by his brother Raul, will maintain the status quo Communist dictatorship and will launch a new crack down on political opposition parties.

Fidel Castro announced his resignation as President of Cuba. President Bush is optimistic.

Fidel Castro has been in power in Cuba for a near half century, outlasting nine American presidents. As he nears 80 years old this month, the future of Cuba remains a question.

While the passing of Fidel Castro no longer seems imminent, his ability to direct Cuba seems over. What will this mean for this island nation and its neighbors.

Castro's resignation brings with it many questions but a lot of happiness to those who still have family in Cuba.

This article briefly explores life in Cuba after Fidel Castro

An unreal and exclusive interview with Fidel Castro on the day of the big announcement

Fidel Castro resigns: is this a transition or a succession of Power?

Fidel Castro has, for many decades, been not so much a national leader as he has been part of nature, an irritant to the world, but also an absolute plague upon the long suffering, Cuban people. Now he is no longer (officially at least) Cuba's supreme leader.

According to the Associated Press, Castro has once again stated that he believes George Bush wants him assassinated.

Where has Fidel Castro gone? It has been nearly a year since the last time he was out in public and the news has been Castro free in quite some time.

Fidel Castro reports via the national newspaper's website that his health is improving after several intestinal surgeries.

This is an Article on the Resignation of Fidel Castro.

My essay "Fidel Castro is not Augusto Pinochet" is the traditional story of the Third World's apathy towards the Cuban Dictatorship. For many reasons, I think that Castro is much worse dictator than Augusto Pinochet.

The US government went to great lengths to try to assassinate Fidel Castro on a number of occasions. It even worked with the Mafia to "whack" the dictator...

The Strategic Studies Institute has published a new monograph on likely Cuban security requirements in a post-Castro environment.

Per unnamed sources in Madrid Spain, the Madrid Newspaper El Pais reports Castro's chance of survival at 20 percent.

Perhaps those Cuban people were celebrating the fact that Fidel Castro was dead and all the Cuban people were free, that democracy was spreading like a California wildfire on that forsaken island.

Fidel Castro speaks to 350 American students at the Semester at Sea Welcome Ceremony in Havana, Cuba (January 24, 2003).

Fidel Castro is shown on Cuban television healthy again.

I miss the good old, cold-war days. Remember when Soviet leaders would have a cold for a week, catch pneumonia for a month, go on retreat to recover, and be reported deceased? All the while they were already dead.

The main point of this Summit is to redefine the term �terrorist' so that it includes America's actions in Iraq and Israel's in Lebanon and etc., etc.

Will Cubans Finally Have A Chance To Dictate The Pace Of Their Own Future?

According to the Associated Press, Fidel Castro's recent interview will likely help tell the future of communist Cuba.

Vilma Espin, First Lady of Cuba, legendary frontline guerrilla fighter, advocate for women and the poor - dies of cancer in Cuba.

As Fidel embarks on his celestial journey to the Pearly-Gates - how is old St. Pete going to explain to Fidel that the sulfurous pits of Hell might be a better fit?

With the resignation of Fidel Castro and the appointment of his brother Raul to the presidency, it appears that change is coming to Cuba.

A short look at Castro's 2008 Cuba.

Cuban dictator Fidel Castro will be stepping down. He has run Cuba for nearly 50 years. I'm thinking of a friend there.

Born of Irish descent in May of 1917, Brookline Massachusetts native John F. Kennedy would eventually become the youngest man ever to be elected to the office of President of the Untied States of America.

While the pain of losing one's country to a brutal regime is understandable, it doesn't excuse a Cuban exile group from stealing books from public school libraries in a blatant act of censorship.

Jimmy Carter's visit and declarations in Cuba promote Castro's dictatorship, is detrimental to the U.S. foreign policies and contributes to the oppression of the Cuban people

I can not in good judgment vote for someone that Fidel Castro would support as our President.

This essay is a story about Olympic sport under the dictatorship of Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. Under his dictatorial leadership, sports play an important part in the life of the Cuban Revolution since 1962.

Chavez needs backup when things get messy.

A paper originally written in 2001, reflecting on Fidel Castro's history and impact on the world.

A look at some reactions from the American political spectrum about Cuban president Fidel Castro's resignation.

Given the number of looney claims by the Cuban government, this could be closer to the truth than we might imagine.

With rumors of Fidel Castro's death coming soon U thought this might be interesting.

"I have never stepped foot on my parents' homeland. There are family members I have never met. Some have died already. But I promised my mom that if the country were ever free, I would visit every one of them."

The sickly leader of the small Communist nation has stated that he is sure that President George Bush is getting ready to attack Cuba.

Phone pranks have been played on famous people including Queen Elizabeth II, Fidel Castro, and Tony Blair

Sanctions have historically been ineffective and usually hurt the very people they are meant to help. The United States should pursue other methods of regime change in Cuba and lift the sanctions that are only hurting the Cuban people.

Cuba welcomes Americans

For the latter half of the 20th century, the United States and Cuba have had tense relations and varying viewpoints, despite the their geographic proximity. It is now time for the United Stetes to set foreign piolicy for the next half century.

Castro's life has been attempted on many times...this is a poetical protest against this evil design...

A history of Mexico's communist regime in the 1920s and its threat to the U.S.

Hugo Chavez, the President of Venezuela, is taking on more and more the characteristics of a bombastic, dangerous, and stereotypical Latin American dictator. He has made no secret of his desire to be the new Fidel Castro.

Do the '72 Dolphins really celebrate when nobody goes undefeated? Did Back the Future really predict the World Series? Did Fidel Castro try out for the Majors? Here is the truth behind these legends.

"Memoir": Part 6 of many.In this installment of "Agency Life Can Suck Sometimes," Annita Richard explores the skewed mind of her president, Charlie San Saba. He is both racist, and tyrannical, and can sometimes make Fidel Castro seem democratic...

Following are the names of the Leaders R Revolutionaries on Time's List of Most Influential People.

Recent events have shown that Cuba has much to offer, both to the US and to the global community, and that improved relations between the US and Cuba would greatly benefit both countries.

La Crisis de los M�siles en Cuba afectaba profundamente las relaciones entre los Estados Unidos y los pa�ses de América Latina durante el resto del Guerra Fr�a. Los EU soportaba la mayor�a de los gobiernos en oposición de los comunistas a cualquier costo.

During the period 1700 and 2000 the island nation of Cuba has relied for its earnings on a fairly limited number of commodities. A discussion of Cuba's social and political economic systems change as the backbone of the economy has changed.

What did Americans consider to be the most important news stories of 2006? The top ten news story Internet searches of 2006 show that the top story was the death of "Crocodile Hunter," Steve Irwin.

A look back at some of the biggest news stories of the past year.

The fifty year ideological and military showdown of the Cold War saw its share of potential flash points, crises in Berlin, Saigon and Kabul. However, at no other point did the nuclear outcome seem as likely as it did during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Castro has set his sights on the CIA and their questionable history.

This article discusses the root cause of divorce and dysfunctional single parent families in America and how Oprah Winfrey can help fix it, if Americans nominate her as the next Vice President

In actuality, in democracy the 'demos' are consipicuously absent. Only a few powerful people control and guide the course of democracy and that way democracy has become the breeding ground for politics of power...

What is democracy? Has it anything to do with politics of power?...

Since Mayor Michael Bloomberg made the stunning announcement he is leaving the Republican party, party politics is worth re-examining

Topics: Why there should be a draft and why we should improve US/Cuba relations

This is a inteligent successful woman how made her American dream come true. She works at a major US bank. She is a true thermometer of the whole feeling from Miami Cuban community I believe.

May 21 is Cuba Solidarity Day in remembrance of Cuba's political prisoners.

There will be changes within a communist model.

Vice President Dick Cheney consults with Smithers about oil drilling off the coast of Cuba.

Extra-curricular activities during an international humanitarian aid mission to Cuba in 2002 reveals some Cubans are through with communism, but they are quite proud of their independence. The guided tour reveals a life of propaganda is sticky on the mind.

A look at what is required for a total revolution to take place looking at examples from Castro, Mao, Hitler, Stalin, and Lenin.

A speech informing delegates from Cuba of how to put a democracy in place; written from the POV of an American politician.

Since the Castro takeover of the Cuban government, the standards he proposed were consistently in violation of the global and customary accepted ideas of freedom of speech, press and assembly.

If you could eat rice with spam and a fried egg for lunch every day, and have a ration card that didn't include the smallest piece of chocolate so that every body could eat and every child could have milk - would you do it?

Michael Moore is calling on Fred Thompson to debate him on the U. S. Treasury's investigation of Moore's trip to Cuba to film "Sicko," a documentary on the Cuban health care system.

In 1989, communism in Poland ended, the country became democratic and a market economy developed. Pstragowski said that Grzewski was a bit in shock at the changes.

To verify the claim that democracy is the manifestation of the popular will, one must examine the origins of democracies to discern whether they are truly polyarchial or are dependent on the support of the elite to succeed. Europe provides some examples.

Cuba honors Che Guevara 40 years after death

Relations between the United States and Cuba have been strained for our entire history, mainly because most U.S. administrations have seen Cuba as little more than a U.S. territory.

Brief overview of some of the best online resources available for better understanding and the study of Marxism-Leninism, socialism, communism, and all other relevant topics.

Jonathon "The Impaler" Starkey has come under investigation by the Secret Service for a campaign promise he made that if elected he would "impale" President Bush.

Losing a job is easy; losing it with style is another matter altogether. Anyone can call in sick every day, or sleep at their desk, or be totally unproductive. But let's get creative about getting fired. Here are a few suggestions.

The game of Monopoly has been around since 1909, and with it has come fanatic fans and fantastic variations of the game.

Various governmental structures and methods of organization are present throughout the globe, each with its own positive and negative attributes. Some methods may have been more successfully employed than others, but nevertheless, such models exist

A look at the modern day threat of a nuclear attack. Using comparison to the tensions of the Cold War and the aftermath that followed.

At Midnight, President Hugo Chavez took control of privately run oil fields in order to gain control over the four Orinoco Belt crude projects. These oil fields were held by American companies such as Chevron, Exxon mobile, BP PLc and ConocoPhillips

An overview of the Cuban Missile Crisis not revealed in high school history class.

The Good Shepherd (2006) is a lengthy, epic drama set in the 1950s and 60s about the birth of the American CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency... We see things in director Robert De Niro's well-crafted story through the life and flashbacks of one Edward Bell Wilson...

Recalling his attendance at a conference of purported experts from academia, media, and government, G. Stolyarov II makes the argument that these elites have absolutely no idea what free speech is and why it is significant.

Over the next few weeks I will be putting out the first several chapters of my recently published novel "God, Guns, and the Perfect Chicken-Fried Steak" as a serial (like they did in the old days when we used to read newspapers).

Howard Zinn, the author of "A People's Hisory of the United States", is a passionate opponent of American intervention in foreign countries. A harsh critic of the War in Iraq, Zinn himself is the subject of harsh criticism from the right and from liberals.