Bush wants Cuban democratic transition post-Castro

US President George W. Bush said he hoped the retirement of Cuban leader Fidel Castro would be the beginning of democratic transition in Cuba. "I believe that the change from Fidel Castro ought to begin a period of a democratic transition," Bush said...

US President George W. Bush said he hoped the retirement of Cuban leader Fidel Castro would be the beginning of democratic transition in Cuba.

"I believe that the change from Fidel Castro ought to begin a period of a democratic transition," Bush said at a news conference in Rwanda during a five-country African trip.

Castro, 81, said that he will not return to lead the country as president or commander-in-chief, retiring as head of state 49 years after he seized power in an armed revolution.

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