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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
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
