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After the revolution, Fidel Castro aligned Cuba with the Soviet Union and declared the island a Socialist republic. Mr Castro consolidated power, changing the constitution and becoming president in 1976. His control was felt in nearly all aspects of Cuban life through the Communist Party and its affiliated organisations, government bureaucracy and the state security apparatus. Mr Castro temporarily ceded power to his brother Raul in 2006 while he underwent intestinal surgery and in February 2008 he announced that he would not resume control. The National Assembly selected Raul Castro as its first new leader for nearly 50 years.
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