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Fidel Castro, Cuba's Leader Of Revolution, Dies At 90 by wellmax(m): 8:42am On Nov 26, 2016
Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, his brother has said.
"The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening (03:29 GMT Saturday)," President Raul Castro said.
Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost 50 years before Raul took over in 2008.
His supporters said he had given Cuba back to the people. But he was also accused of suppressing opposition.
Ashen and grave, President Castro told the nation in an unexpected late night broadcast on state television that Fidel Castro had died and would be cremated later on Saturday.
There would now be several days of national mourning on the island.
Raul Castro ended the announcement by shouting the revolutionary slogan: "Towards victory, always!"
Barring the occasional newspaper column, Fidel Castro had essentially been retired from political life for some time, the BBC's Will Grant in Havana reports.
In April, Fidel Castro gave a rare speech on the final day of the country's Communist Party congress.
He acknowledged his advanced age but said Cuban communist concepts were still valid and the Cuban people "will be victorious".
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953

Re: Fidel Castro, Cuba's Leader Of Revolution, Dies At 90 by okosodo: 8:46am On Nov 26, 2016
RIP a great leader
Re: Fidel Castro, Cuba's Leader Of Revolution, Dies At 90 by wellmax(m): 8:48am On Nov 26, 2016
"I'll soon be 90," the former president said, adding that this was "something I'd never imagined".
"Soon I'll be like all the others, "to all our turn must come," Fidel Castro said.
Castro - who had survived many assassination plots - was the longest serving non-royal leader of the 20th Century.
Castro temporarily handed over power to his brother in 2006 as he was recovering from an acute intestinal ailment.
Raul Castro officially became president two years later.
Re: Fidel Castro, Cuba's Leader Of Revolution, Dies At 90 by JBismarck(m): 8:51am On Nov 26, 2016
Fidel Castro Ruz, the nightmare of the West. RIP.
Re: Fidel Castro, Cuba's Leader Of Revolution, Dies At 90 by niceprof: 9:01am On Nov 26, 2016
He was a great man who stood up for his beliefs and convictions,Mugabe is the last of the fire brands still standing.

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