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22 March 2011 Last updated at 13:01 ET

Fidel: I quit party role in 2006Fidel Castro speaks during a meeting with Cuban and foreign intellectuals visiting Havana's International book fair on 15 February

Cuba's ex-president Fidel Castro says he resigned from all his positions when he fell ill in 2006, including Communist Party chief which he was thought to still hold.


A Salvadoran soldier guards the street near where Mr Obama will be staying in San SalvadorObama to meet El Salvador leader

US President Barack Obama leaves Chile for El Salvador, on the final leg of his five-day trip to Latin America.

Mexico growth 'not hurt by violence'

Mexico's Finance Minister Ernesto Cordero tells the BBC his country is set for strong growth, with no signs investment is being harmed by concerns over drug violence.

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