[silentknight]

HAVANA (AFP) - Fidel Castro resigned Tuesday as president and commander in chief of Cuba in a message published in the online version of the official daily Granma.

“I neither will aspire to nor will I accept — I repeat — I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief,” wrote the Cuban leader, who had been in power for almost 50 years.

[D-fendr]

They will search high and low amongst the folk of egalitarian Cuba to find the best in all the land to replace Castro:

His brother.

[Albion Wilde]

“I neither will aspire to nor will I accept — I repeat — I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief,” wrote the Cuban leader, who had been in power for almost 50 years.

"I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."