Raul Castro resigning from post as leader of nation's Communist Party
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Cuban dictator Raul Castro said on Friday that he was resigning, opening the way to Cubans not being ruled by a Castro for the first time in six decades.
His brother Fidel ruled the small nation beginning with the 1959 revolution and ending in April of 2011 when Raul took his place. News of the younger Castro's potential departure surfaced on Thursday. He made the announcement Friday in a speech at the opening of the eighth congress of the ruling party, the only one allowed on the island.More Related News