Veteran Cuban leader Fidel Castro has temporarily handed power to his brother Raul because of illness.
A statement written by the president and read out on TV by his personal secretary said Mr Castro had undergone surgery to halt internal bleeding.
The Cuban leader, who turns 80 this month, said a punishing schedule in recent weeks had affected his health.
This is the first time Mr Castro has relinquished any of his duties since he came to power in 1959.
And why is that?
Cuba has a communist, one-party system.
Un huh, he's a dictator.
Now, make of this what you will, but to me this sounds like the BBC is giving the impression that Castro is well liked.
Fidel Castro has been among the world's longest-ruling leaders - outlasting nine US presidents.
No mention of the fact that America is a democracy and by law US Presidents can only serve two terms or eight years.
So, how do some at the BBC feel toward the communist dictator Castro? Here's how John Humphrys, the BBC's feared political interviewer, feels about him.
The Today Programme presenter asked the monarch why Fidel Castro, the Cuban communist leader who also turns 80 this year, had not been invited to Buckingham Palace.
Humphrys said afterwards: "I suggested it was a bit mean not to invite Fidel Castro to the Palace because he's 80 as well and she didn't seem to think it was a very good idea."
And as As Scott notes:
Iain Murray summed it up nicely when he said on NRO's The Corner, "All you need to know about the BBC is included in that one remark."
The BBC is not alone in supporting communist dictators. There are others.
WHAT a turnout of leftist luvvies. The Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, was in London last weekend. The highest profile member of the Fidel Castro fan club was greeted with acclaim by many members of the British left, including the London Mayor, Ken Livingstone, the actor Vanessa Redgrave and the playwright Harold Pinter along with members of the Labour Friends of Venezuela. This group doubles up as Labour opponents of Britain's social democratic Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
It so happens that Castro persecutes Cuban intellectuals and homosexuals alike. You might expect that the likes of Livingstone, Pinter and Redgrave and left-wing Labour MPs such as Jeremy Corbyn would be embarrassed associating with the Castro-lover Chavez. But, no.
The left, communists and Islamists united under one banner. What a toxic mix.
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