Fidel leaves

Fidel Castro announced his resignation from the post of chairman of the State Council and Commander in Chief of Cuban troops.

Castro appeal to the people was published Tuesday on the website of the newspaper "Granma».

"My dear fellow citizens who have done me the honor to elect me immeasurable Member of Parliament, which will take important decisions for the future of the Revolution, I inform you that do not mean I will not give his consent to take the post of Chairman of the State Council and Commander in Chief, - the treatment of Fidel Castro published on the newspaper's website. - I would betray my conscience, taking responsibility that requires mobility and total devotion, that I am deprived for physical reasons. I say this without any drama. " "I do not say goodbye to you. I want to fight as a soldier of ideas. I will continue writing "Reflections of Comrade Fidel." It will be another weapon you can count on. My voice will be heard, "- said in a letter to Castro.





With Khrushchev | AP / Scanpix


From Hemingway | AP / Scanpix


Brezhnev, Fidel, Khrushchev | AP / Scanpix


Fidel and women guerrillas from his unit | AP / Scanpix


Fidel's brother Raul and with Camilo Cienfuegos (right) | AP / Scanpix


Massachusetts police accompanied Fidel to the plane at the airport in Boston (April 1959). This escort was isolated from the concerns that Fidel will be assassinated. | AP / Scanpix


During a speech at a meeting of the Assembly of the United Nations in New York, September 1960 | AP / Scanpix


Khrushchev and Fidel in Harlem after the meeting of the Assembly of the United Nations, 1960 | AP / Scanpix


In New York, September 1960 | AP / Scanpix


On the sugarcane harvest, February 1961 | AP / Scanpix


Fidel and Khrushchev | AP / Scanpix


Fidel and Che Guevara | AP / Scanpix