Fidel Castro, Cuba’s former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, state TV has pronounced. No further details were provided by it.
Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century before handing within the powers to his brother Raul in 2008. He was commended by his supporters as a person who had given Cuba back to the folks.
But he was accused by his opponents of viciously suppressing opposition. Obituary: Fidel Castro On the final day of the country’s Communist Party congress, Fidel Castro gave an address that was rare in April.
He acknowledged his advanced age but said Cuban communist concepts were still valid and the Cuban people “will be victorious”.
“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.
