Fidel Castro bids farewell to Cuba's Communists as he says he will die soon

Fidel Castro sits as he clasps hands with his brother, Cuban President Raul Castro

Fidel Castro has made what is likely to be his final speech to Cuba's Congress, telling the assembled politicians that he would die soon but that the revolution's ideals would live on.
The 89-year-old spoke after his brother Raul, 84, was re-elected as head of the Communist party - a position the younger Castro has said he will hold until retiring in 2018.

Fidel Castro applauding during the closing ceremony of VII Congress of Cuban Communist Party

And Fidel Castro said the time was approaching for a younger generation to take over. His declaration appeared to be less of an announcement that he was dying - he has been suffering from intestinal problems since the early 2000s - than a statement of obvious fact.
"I'll be 90 years old soon," he said. "Soon I'll be like all the others."