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Cuba Continues Nine Days of Mourning for Leader Fidel Castro

HeadlineDec 02, 2016

And Cuba continues its nine days of mourning following the death of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. A caravan carrying Castro’s ashes has been traversing the country, where it’s been met by thousands of mourners. This is Ángel Santiesteban in Santa Clara—the town where Castro’s decisive revolutionary battle was won in December 1958. Within only hours of the city’s capture by Castro’s revolutionary forces, the U.S.-backed dictator General Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba, and Castro claimed victory.

Ángel Santiesteban: “Fidel is and will be the guiding example for all of the revolutions in the world. He will be the example, the guide and the beacon of light that shines a path for the restless in every country and every continent. Fidel will always be there, and we will follow his example.”

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