Ailing Fidel Castro Relinquishes Power for Now

Fidel Castro is dying. Dictators don't hand over power when they get a stuffy nose.

Nearly half a century after the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro has relinquished power. For the moment at least. In a statement released in Havana, the 79-year-old dictator announced that he was handing power to his brother Raul while he recovered from intestinal surgery.

Does this mean I'm closer to having some Cuban rum while smoking a Cuban cigar? Probably not. It does mean however that maybe they'll be less people floating on innertubes through the Atlantic.

In Miami, opponents of Castro celebrated what they hoped was the beginning of the end for Fidel's Communist regime.

All things end. It's best to understand that. Sometimes the best way to overcome a problem is to simply wait for it to die.