As it did during the long and sprawling life of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, the world had a divided reaction to his death, hailing him as a liberator and cursing him as a dictator.
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In Miami, the island’s exiles and their children and grandchildren took to the streets, banging pots and pans, waving American and Cuban flags, and celebrating in Spanish, “He’s dead! He’s dead!”
In the early morning hours on Saturday in Havana, the streets remained quiet not long after Castro’s brother and successor, Raúl, announced that the former dictator had died at 10:29 pm EST on Friday. He did not give a cause of death.
Fidel Castro will be cremated later Saturday, with a state funeral to follow on December 4, Cuban state media reported.
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