Castro Calls it Quits

Fidel Castro has officially resigned as Cuba's President.
He made this known in a letter addressed to the nation. The full text of the letter can be found here.

The letter in its entirety is very poetic and carefully crafted and reflects Fidel's last wishes for La Revolución to continue.

A few interesting sections :

"My wishes have always been to discharge my duties to my last breath. That's all I can offer."

"My elemental duty is not to cling to positions, much less to stand in the way of younger persons, but rather to contribute my own experience and ideas whose modest value comes from the exceptional era that I had the privilege of living in. ."

and lastly:

" This is not my farewell to you. My only wish is to fight as a soldier in the battle of ideas.

Thanks.

Fidel Castro Ruz"

If only Robert Mugabe would follow suit.(Although he is anywhere near the legendary stature of Fidel, even though he might think so)

Farewell Fidel