fidel castro

news 1

Fidel Castro, Cuba's fiery revolutionary patriarch and an international icon of rebellion, resigned as president on Feb. 19, 2008, in a letter in La Granma, the state run newspaper in Cuba. "I will not aspire nor accept -- I repeat I will not aspire or accept, the post of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief," he wrote.
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/c/fidel_castro/index.html

news 2
Cuban leader Fidel Castro acknowledged his deteriorating health Thursday, saying he didn't expect to be able to reflect on world events in the coming years.
http://www.topix.com/forum/who/fidel-castro/T2TRJVJ66MF0T180S


they are similar that each time the news become less important to people adn he just tries to be the center of attention.