{"id":49876,"date":"2016-11-26T02:09:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-26T06:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=49876"},"modified":"2016-11-26T09:31:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T13:31:12","slug":"49876","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=49876","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCommandante\u201d Fidel Castro Has Died at the age of 90 Confirms his Brother and Cuban President Raul Castro"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBy<\/p>\n

Rory Carroll<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90, Cuban state television announced on Saturday, ending an era for the country and Latin America.<\/p>\n

Brother Ra\u00fal Castro announces on Cuban state television that controversial revolutionary leader has died at age of 90 <\/p>\n

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The revolutionary icon, one of the world\u2019s best-known and most controversial leaders, survived countless US assassination attempts and premature obituaries, but in the end proved mortal after suffering a long battle with illness.<\/p>\n

The announcement was long expected, given the former president\u2019s age and health problems, but when it came it was still a shock: the comandante \u2013 a figurehead for armed struggle across the developing world \u2013 was no more. It was news that friends and foes had long dreaded and yearned for respectively.<\/p>\n

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The Communist party and state apparatus has prepared for this moment since July 2006 when Castro underwent emergency intestinal surgery and ceded power to his brother, Ra\u00fal, who remains in charge.
\nFidel wrote occasional columns for the party paper, Granma, and made very occasional public appearances \u2013 most recently at the 2016 Communist party congress \u2013 but otherwise remained invisible.<\/p>\n

Confirmation of his death will trigger celebrations in Miami, the centre of Cuba\u2019s exile community, and mourning among leftwing admirers around the world. For many Cubans on the island who grew up in his shadow, simultaneously respecting and resenting him, it will be a moment of profound ambivalence.
\nOne thing all could agree on was that this extraordinary figure left his mark on history.<\/p>\n

More than half a century ago, his guerrilla army of \u201cbearded ones\u201d replaced Fulgencio Batista\u2019s corrupt dictatorship with communist rule that challenged the US and turned the island into a cold-war crucible.
\nThe US had long counted on Castro\u2019s mortality as a \u201cbiological solution\u201d to communism in the Caribbean but, since officially succeeding his brother in 2008, Ra\u00fal has cemented his own authority while overseeing cautious economic reforms, and agreeing the momentous deal to restore diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US in late 2014, ending more than five decades of hostility.<\/p>\n

By Ra\u00fal\u2019s own admission, however, Fidel is irreplaceable. By force of charisma, intellect and political cunning the lawyer-turned-guerrilla embodied the revolution. Long before his passing, however, Cubans had started to move on, with increased migration to the US and an explosion of small private businesses.<\/p>\n

His greatest legacy is free healthcare and education, which have given Cuba some of the region\u2019s best human development statistics. But he is also responsible for the central planning blunders and stifling government controls that \u2013 along with the US embargo \u2013 have strangled the economy, leaving most Cubans scrabbling for decent food and desperate for better living standards.<\/p>\n

The man who famously declared \u201chistory will absolve me\u201d leaves a divided legacy. Older Cubans who remember brutal times under Batista tend to emphasise the revolution\u2019s accomplishments. Younger Cubans are more likely to rail against gerontocracy, repression and lost opportunity. But even they refer to Castro by the more intimate name of Fidel.<\/p>\n

Since largely vanishing from public view he has been a spectral presence, occasionally surfacing in what became a trademark tracksuit, to urge faith in the revolution. It was a long goodbye which accustomed Cubans to his mortality.<\/p>\n

Exiles in Florida, the heart of the diaspora which fled communist rule, are expected to celebrate. Previous false reports of Castro\u2019s death triggered cavalcades of cheering, flag-waving revellers.<\/p>\n

Latin America\u2019s leftist leaders, in contrast, will mourn the passing of a figure who was perceived less as a communist and more as a nationalist symbol of regional pride and defiance against the gringo superpower.<\/p>\n

The funeral is expected to attract numerous foreign heads of state, intellectuals and artists.<\/p>\n

Courtesy:The Guardian<\/em><\/p>\n

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By Rory Carroll Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90, Cuban state television announced on Saturday, ending an era for the country and Latin America. Brother Ra\u00fal Castro announces on Cuban state television that controversial revolutionary leader has died at age of 90 The revolutionary icon, one of the world\u2019s best-known and most …<\/p>\n

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