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Events on Tuesday 19 February 2008 1
2008Fidel Castro resigns as President of CubaEnd of nearly five decades in powerFidel Castro announced on 19 February 2008 that he would not accept another term as Cuba's president after handing over power provisionally in 2006 due to illness. His brother Raul Castro was formally named president days later.