newsflash!

Castro is stepping down! I suppose I should have seen this coming ... so he's not dead after all!

My favorite quote from the Reuters article:
"Castro, 81, said in a statement to the country that he would not seek a new presidential term when the National Assembly meets on Feb. 24."

... I don't think there have been true elections in Cuba since Castro came to power. Oh well ... now we just get to deal with his brother, Raul, who is 76 to Fidel's 81. Wonder where he might be in 5 years? It's the last communist stronghold in the Western Hemisphere, but I've got to say, it's just not going to be the same without Fidel.