# Fidel Castro steps down

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Podcast: [Top Stories!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/top-stories-5720372)
Published: 2026-04-14T04:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 391

## Resource

Welcome to Top Stories, this week we go all the way back to issue 18, 25th of February 2008, and the news that Cigar smoking, assassination dodging, Cuban Leader Fidel Castro is finally hanging up his dictators boots. If you like these and want more then please help us stay alive by donating at thebuglepodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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