Cubans line streets as Fidel Castro’s ashes begin journey

Fidel Castro died on November 25, 2016, at the age of 90.

In 2014, he was detained and held for months after releasing two pigs painted with the names Fidel and Raul, the latter a reference to Castro’s younger brother and successor as president.

The Cuban exile community in Miami is holding a massive rally marking Fidel Castro’s death and demanding democracy for Cuba.

Someone who is not singing his praises is his sister Juanita Castro who lives in Coral Gables and has been a fierce critic of her brother since the 1960s.

After writing blunt tweets about Castro’s death Friday, Trump on Monday further threatened to end U.S. President Barack Obama’s deal with Cuba on Twitter, urging Cuba to “make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban-American people and the U.S.as a whole”.

Raul Castro, 85, thanked the “countless gestures of solidarity and affection from around the world” and ending with the revolutionary battle cry, “Until victory, always!”.

The crowd chanted “Long live the revolution!” and “Fidel!”

HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) – The ashes of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro were carried Wednesday from the capital, Havana, at the start of a journey that reverses the route Castro took across the island after seizing power in 1959.

Wednesday’s procession was the first moment in which ordinary Cubans saw the remains of the man who led a band of bearded young fighters out of the Sierra Maestra mountains, overthrew strongman Fulgencio Batista, faced off against the United States for decades and imposed Soviet-style communism on the largest island in the Caribbean.

After the death of Fidel Castro, it’s still unclear if USA political and economic relations with Cuba will continue to improve, said a University of Kansas lecturer who has initiated a study-abroad program to the Caribbean island.

Trump’s statement issued hours after Castro’s death was also filled with negative comments about the Cuban leader.

Maduro joined delegations from over 50 countries in paying tribute to the Cuban guerrilla leader, including Nicaragua, Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Greece, Russia, China, Vietnam, South Africa, Namibia, Algeria, Iran, among numerous others. In the process, Castro became a leading voice for leftist leaders in Latin America and elsewhere, as well as a dictator in his own right.

A scientific political ideology and unwavering commitment to it had helped Cuba and Castro to courageous threats and challenges, he said.

“I didn’t trust him”, she said.

Speaking with us today from Havana, he told us that Humanism and Solidarity define Castro’s legacy:. This includes more than a dozen American students who’ve committed to returning to disadvantaged parts of America to practice medicine among the poor in exchange for their free education.