US Rep. McGovern: Castro’s death a chance for reconciliation

Trump tweeted: “Fidel Castro is dead!” to his 16 million followers. A legendary revolutionary and orator, Mr. Castro made significant improvements to the education and healthcare of his island nation.

“I fought first against the other dictator [Fulgencio] Batista”.

Cuba to observe 9 days of mourning for Fidel Castro Cuba will observe nine days of mourning for Fidel Castro, including a three-day journey by his ashes along the route taken by the rebel army he led on a victorious march across the island in 1959. He redistributed farmland and took control of foreign businesses.

“He expressed the sympathy and solidarity of all Nigerians as Cubans mourn the exit of ‘this remarkable leader”.

But Castro was also a controversial figurehead. He played an important role in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

“But you think they did, in fact, go to Cuba?”

“He left a major imprint on his country and on global politics”. But when safe travel to and from the island became a real possibility, younger US -born Cubanos felt a desire to trace back their roots.

Justin Trudeau’s upbeat eulogy for late Cuban leader Fidel Castro has sparked criticism – and humour – from many Americans. The transfer of power became official in 2008. It will be more open. After two years in prison he was freed in an Amnesty deal in 1955, going on to launch a new offensive against the government with Che Guevara in 1956.

Miami-Dade County’s mayor, Carlos A. Gimenez, said Castro’s death “closes a very painful chapter” for Cubans and Cuban-Americans “affected by his cruel and brutal dictatorship”. We remember fondly our visits with him in Cuba and his love of his country.

Trump, in a statement issued by his presidential transition team following news of Castro’s death, condemned the longtime Cuban president and leader of the Communist revolution, who he said leaves a legacy of “firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights”.

Speaking even more harshly than the politicians about the Castro regime before television cameras and radio mics were exiled Cubans living in Miami, many telling sad and desperate stories about things that happened as much as 60 years ago, and which are basically the reason they’re celebrating today.