After almost 50 years in power, a gravely ill Fidel Castro has handed the reins to his little known brother, Raul, and all of Cuba tenses for the reality of life after Fidel.

Fidel has outlasted ten U.S. presidents and in the process dictatorially shaped this small island nation into a global force unlike any other: a Third World nation that exports soldiers, doctors, and teachers to other emerging nations.

Now the struggle is at home: to withstand the inevitable onslaught of American interests and ideology After Fidel.