On November 25, 2016, he died at the age of 90. Fidel Castro, the historic leader of the Cuban revolutionafter being retired for 10 years due to serious illness. His brother and President of Cuba, Raúl Castro, announced this in a brief statement on the country’s national television.
His first steps in public life were as a guerrilla against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, attacking the Moncada barracks in 1953 and for which he was imprisoned. In 1959, Fidel Castro ended the dictatorship in Cuba, thanks to guerrilla warfare, and the Cuban revolution triumphed. Upon coming to power, he created the first socialist state in Latin America and He was president for almost 50 years.
In 2008, the Cuban leader resigned from all his posts and his brother Raúl Castro replaced him as president of Cuba. The charismatic and revolutionary figure of Fidel Castro made him a man revered in Cuba and hated in other countries such as the United States.
La Sexta Noticias recounted minute by minute the death of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro and the farewell and funeral events that followed in Cuba.
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