***1000am 8/1 update: Boston Herald’s Jules Crittenden: Break out the cigars***

Thousands of anti-Castro Cuban-Americans are celebrating in the streets of the Little Havana of Miami tonight. Streaming video of the celebrations here. One step closer to Cuba Libre, baby. Via Yahoo! News:

Val at Babalu Blog: “There will be no sleep in Miami tonight…You can here the shouts of “Libertad! Libertad! Libertad!’ in the background on the news reports. It is, indeed, a joyous occassion. But I’d like all of you to know that behind each celebratory scream, behind every smile, behind every feeling of unbridled joy and desperate happiness, there are 47 years of tears. Forty seven years of frustration. Of anger. Of pain. Of loss. Of separated families and drowned brothers and sisters. These celebrations have been paid for in blood. And they are more than well deserved.”

Cuban American Pundits: Abuelita Tina’s wish.

AP has a pic of Castro’s signature on the order transferring power to his brother:

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