after undergoing intestal surgery, he turned over his power to raul. and then there was a delayed celebration of fidel's 80th birthday, but an ailing castro did not attend the celebrations, and two years later he stepped down and was succeeded by his brother, and he emerged publicly for the pope's visit in 2012. and for vladimir putin and chi, and he never commented through with president obama's breakthrough. to the end, castro insisted his revolution would out live him. >> translator: if i die tomorrow morning there will be no problem