Hundreds of thousands of Cubans have bid a final farewell to their late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in the city of Santiago de Cuba where his ashes will be finally laid to rest. Football legend Diego Maradona joined the funeral of his “second father,” declaring “I feel Cuban. People with[Read More…]
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Viva Fidel: World leaders bid farewell to Cuban revolutionary
World leaders bid farewell to Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro on Tuesday night in a ceremony that filled with the solemn memorial for the Communist leader and criticism on Western imperialism. Presidents and foreign dignitaries from across the world including Russia, China, Mexico, Iran and South Africa took to a podium[Read More…]
‘Hasta la Victoria Siempre’: World leaders pay tribute to Fidel Castro
World leaders paid tribute to the Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro, describing him as an iconic figure of his time fiercely resisted colonialism and return Cuba to its own people. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Castro as “one of the most iconic personalities of the 20th century”. He tweeted: Fidel Castro[Read More…]
638 ways to kill Castro: CIA’s bizarre attempts to kill Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro led Cuba for nearly five decades. Despite the U.S.-backed exile invasion at the Bay of Pigs and five decades of economic sanctions, Castro outlasted nine U.S. presidents and survived US attempts to kill him. Fabian Escalante, who protected Castro for 49 years, claimed that Castro survived 638 attempts[Read More…]
‘The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters’: Memorable quotes by the Cuban revolutionary
Fidel Castro was the father of Communist Cuba, the first Communist country in the Western Hemisphere. Castro, who led the armed Cuban revolution along with Che Geuvara to over throw the Batista dictatorship, was the world’s third longest-serving head of the state. Castro also holds the record for the longest-speech[Read More…]
Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro dies aged 90
Cuba’s former president and father of communist Cuba Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90, Cuban state TV announced. “The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening (8:59 am IST Saturday),” President Raul Castro said. Raul Castro ended the announcement by shouting the[Read More…]