Havana's streets were quiet. Business as usual. Not much of a reaction.
President Bush expressed the hope that Cuba will improve as far as the human conditions and human rights are concerned.
In 2008 Fidel Castro resigned as the President of Cuba. This marked the formal end of his 49 year reign of power in the country.
Fidel Castro: sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba on 16 February1959, serving until 24 February 1976 when that office was abolished; elected as President of the Council of State and President of the Council of Ministers on 2 December 1976; served as President until late July, 2006, when he handed power (temporarily) to his brother Raul Castro. Fidel Castro resigned as President on 19 February 2008. Raul Castro was elected President of Cuba on 24 February, 2008.
Raúl Castro, brother of former president Fidel Castro, is now the president of the Republic of Cuba.
Fidel Castro is president (if he has not given up due to ill health), but there is no king.
He is Fidel CASTRO
Yes, Fidel Castro was the president of Cuba from 1976 December 2 to 2008 February 24.
Raul Castro became president of the Republic of Cuba in 2008 (February 24).
Cuba
Cuba has a President, not a PM. The current President is Raul Castro.
Fidel Castro officially stepped down as President of Cuba in 2008. His brother Raul Castro had been Acting President since 2006, and was given full Presidential status after Castro's resignation.
Castro was a lawyer before becoming the dictator of Cuba, he later became the president of Cuba.