Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90 - BBC News
Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, state TV has announced.
It provided no further details.
Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century before handing over the powers to his brother Raul in 2008.
His supporters praised him as a man who had given Cuba back to the people. But his opponents accused him of brutally suppressing opposition.
In April, Fidel Castro gave a rare speech on the final day of the country's Communist Party congress.
He acknowledged his advanced age but said Cuban communist concepts were still valid and the Cuban people "will be victorious".
Damn. Now we need to find a new world leader to hate for some reason. Who's running things in Canada right now?
He won't be missed, other than the fact he was the favorite dictator of some leftists here in the US.
Is he the one that Obama was envious of because of the way he had total control of the press? I know that some dream of having that kind of control over everything. Now I wonder if Obama will attend his funeral. In the past, some people were mostly ignored or some lowly staff member sent. I will absolutely gag if the administration makes a big deal of this and acts like it was a great loss.
Maybe some older left wingers in this country who helped harvest his sugar cane back the late 60's and 70's will go.