Abstract
Castro, who is 81, announced on 19th February 2008 that he would not accept another term as The President when the National Assembly meet on Sunday 24th February. Cuba's leader Fidel Castro stepped down on Tuesday the 19th February, after nearly half a century in charge. To start with, Fidel Castro was born on the 13th August 1926. He has been Cuba's leader since 1959. He came to power in an armed revolution that overthrew the Presidency. In 1965 he became the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and led the transformation of Cuba into a one-party socialist republic.
