Fidel Castro resigned as Cuban president yesterday, although he ceded power to his brother Raul about a year and a half ago. He's outlasted nine U.S. presidents, and outlived eight of them. More here.
As expected, citizens here in Union City, NJ are being asked their feelings about the matter by the New York-area news organizations, since Union City boasted the second highest population of Cubans in country after Miami. (I read that we lost that status to nearby Guttenberg years ago, but perhaps the newsies are still coming here out of ignorance of that or habit; in any case, there's still plenty of Cubans, and first-generation Cuban-Americans for them to talk to.)
Let's hope that this will be the first sign that the regime will eventually die out.
He's outlasted nine U.S. presidents, and outlived eight of them. More here.
Adam, that math doesn't make sense.
Outlasted:
Thanks, Scott. I miscalculated, using "fuzzy math" and had Carter and Bush Sr. pegged as deceased. I knew I was wrong once my post had hit, but by then it was too late. My bad.
Yeah, Scott. Whadja think, that Adam was educated in Cuba, or something??? 
And a correction to my post:
It should read, "Therefore, to date, he has outlived only six of them."
Given his health, it's unlikely he'll outlive any of the others, but you never know.
Moderator, I created a Castro board. Could you move the Castro Resigns thread to there, please?
Since he's been in the news lately, and the main board was getting cluttered.
Perhaps the US will finally lift that embargo against Cuba now that he is out of power.
It'll be quite awhile before the US and Cuba reestablish friendly relations again.
Without question both Fidel & Raul remember America's accusations that Fidel ordered the assassination of Kennedy because Kennedy wanted Castro killed.
ScottN: Moderator, I created a Castro board. Could you move the Castro Resigns thread to there, please?
Luigi Novi: For the LAST TIME, I am not the moderator of......er......oh yeah, I am the moderator of these ones!
And Brian, I agree with John. The embargo is in place because of the current regime, not simply which Castro brother was in charge of it.
Ha ha Luigi.
I'd like to point out, in the spirit of nitpicking, that I didn't address anyone by name, but simply called for the moderator.
So there!!! 
Darn. I totally missed that. Ruins my joke.
Reports have started to come in saying that Fidel Castro had died at the age of 90. More here.
Cuba is by American standards, now majority black, and more race neutral than in Batista days. If a bunch of strangely dressed, English speaking, Cuban Americans decide to descend on the island, infected with American racial attitudes...