– FAREWELL COMRADE CASTRO. ETERNAL GLORY TO YOU! –
NOVANEWS
13 August 1926 - 25 November 2016
On 25 November 2016, at 10.29pm Cuban time, Comrade Fidel Castro, the inspirer of the Cuban revolution, died aged 90. His death was announced on television by his brother, President Raúl Castro. The Cuban people are marking nine days of mourning, and the whole country -- young and old, black and white -- is gripped by sadness and deep emotion at the passing away of their iconic leader.
In 1951, Fulgencio Batista staged a coup d’état in the small island nation of Cuba, suspending the constitution and blocking the way to all peaceful means for bringing about change on the island, which continued to be run by criminal gangs and US corporations. Most of the nation’s resources had been sold to foreigners -- principally to American capitalists -- and ...