MIAMI (AP) - Cuban exiles in Little Havana and elsewhere are

welcoming the news that Cuban President Fidel Castro has officially

resigned power.

Early in the day, a few dozen people gathered outside the

popular restaurant Versailles in the heart of Little Havana as

motorists honked at the police patrol cars and television

reporters. Reporters nearly outnumbered revelers and people selling

trinkets like beaded necklaces with Cuban flags.

Ulises Colina, a 65-year-old electrical technician, says he's

not certain if the news would bring any change in Cuba or the U.S.

He theorizes that any change in Cuba would have to come from

within the military, which has the status of a middle class on the

communist island.