Fidel Castro Stepping Down

Not sure,, the embargo dont affect me one way or not,, and if it help the cubans then great so be it,,,

it does not matter, his brother Raul will step in

I just saw this on another article. Hopefully it will be good for Cuba...but who knows?

I don't see much change in policy until he actually dies, and nothing big until the old guard passes as well. After that I would expect we'll see more change in Cuba itself as well...

I agree with John as far as I know there is not much difference between him and his brother Raul.

I doubt this will change very much. The whole system needs to be shaken up for there to be any real change. Sort of like here.

He had to step down before he fell down. Nothing will change.

I wonder if his brother would be easier to overthrow. I think there is a chance for change but not until he passes away.

I don't expect much change. Raul backed him all along.

Enjoy your retirement Fidel, you deserve it.

The man, Che and that small band of courageous individuals overthrew one of the nastiest regimes in history. What Cuba has become has been caused by the US embargoes and even despite that it has achieved many great things. Remember Cuba offering the US doctors after Hurricane Katrina?

Read your history books if you think that Fidel is the cruel dictator. Read about Batista, Cuba as the playground for the Mafia, a den of vice if ever there was one. Exploitation was the order of the day.

If that is the glory of Capitalism I would prefer to be "persecuted" under Fidel's system.

Fidel, a man undefeated to the end, a real legend in his own lifetime.

Dan, the very sort of tart attitude about Cuba is the very reason Cuba was forced to go to the communist for help. Our country flatly refused to help him cause they supported Battista. Ask your self why our government for nearly 5 decades would force a communist lead country on us only 90 miles from our shores. All 9/10 presidents continued the charade and that policy needs to change.

I have no clue - woefully uninformed.

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There are allot of great opinions here. I do not know enough about it to make an informed opinion.

Don't know what will happen

I know things will stay the same since his brother backs his regime. But how long will his brother be around?

I hope things get better- have so many friends with family that left Cuba with what they could carry. Most of them where doctors, professors, lawyers, artists who were sucessful people. I think a lot of my friend's would literally dance on Castro's grave. I have heard that his brother is even worse...

his brother was in power for 18 months while he was sick and made reforms during that time, he freed 80 percent of political prisoners and he sold back farm land to poor farmers so they could make a living, he will continue to make changes if he takes power.

maybe his brother will do better! But, I do not think that the US should interfer with anothers country's growth

I don't know if this is for the better or worse just yet, but I keep thinking of the song "A Change will do you Good"

Spencer- that is not true. The US recognised Castro as the legitimate government in Cuba two days after he took power; as well as having some meeting with CIA folks prior. He promised to create a democracy, and the US was glad Batista was gone. Che, the KGB, and the USSR convinced him to go communist, and he nationalized all US businesses there starting the problem. Now many US businesses were making big bucks with Batista, but he wasn't exactly a favorite of the US because of his Mafia ties.
Castro and the Soviet Union began a long history of supporting communism and insurgencies throughout So America and Africa. I could go on.....

From the internet-
"The United States officially recognized the new government two days later.[40] Castro himself arrived in Havana to cheering crowds and assumed the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces on January 8.

In February Miró suddenly resigned and on February 16, 1959, Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba.[1]

Friction with the U.S. developed as the new government began expropriating property owned by major U.S. corporations (United Fruit in particular) and announced plans to base the compensation on the artificially low property valuations that the companies themselves had kept to a fraction of their true value so that their taxes would be negligible.[39]

During this period Castro repeatedly denied being a communist.[41][42][43][44][45] For example in New York on April 25 he said, communist "influence is nothing. I don't agree with communism. We are democracy. We are against all kinds of dictators.... That is why we oppose communism."[46] "

He didn't keep his promises....

his brother will continue the oppressive tyranny. The authoritarian-type government will continue. I don't think it will affect the embargo in any way, since there will be no democracy.

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I don't know anything about castro's brother to be able to venture a guess on what will happen, but I would like to see good relations with cuba; and the trade/travel embargo lifted

I don't think changing one Castro for another is going to help Cuba. I think our embargo has hurt the Cuban people more than it has hurt the government.

Don't know how that is going to be... We will have to wait and see.