Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor IPFS News Link • World News Castro steps down ... but, holiday on hold 8-1-2006 • AP Fidel Castro, who took control of Cuba in 1959, rebuffed repeated U.S. attempts to oust him and survived communism’s demise almost everywhere else, temporarily relinquished his presidential powers to his brother Raul because of surgery. Watch Streaming Broadcast Live: LRN.fm Watch live shows and archives TV Live Chat Telegram Share this page with your friends on your favorite social network: