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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faced criticism for a prepared statement expressing "deep sorrow" about the death of former Cuban president Fidel Castro. In the statement, Trudeau said Castro was a remarkable leader and a legendary revolutionary whose love for the Cuban people was recognized even by his detractors.
After the death of Fidel Castro, several U.S. and world leaders weighed in with condolences and their thoughts on the Cuban dictator, his years in power and his legacy. President Barack Obama, who resumed diplomatic relations with Cuba and became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the island, released this statement: At this time of Fidel Castro's passing, we extend a hand of friendship to the Cuban people.
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"Gusano" - which literally means a worm - is a pejorative term coined by government officials from Communist Cuba to refer to all of those Cubans who are not 100% in agreement with the Castro Brothers. After the announcement on November 26, 2016, of Fidel Castro's death, it was revealed that his remains will be cremated.
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday condemned a growing push to force recounts in three states pivotal to his Nov. 8 victory, confronting the Green Party-backed effort for the first time even as he worked to address key cabinet vacancies. The New York billionaire, who charged the election was "rigged" on a daily basis before his victory, called the developing recount effort "a scam" in a statement released by his transition team.
For the nearly five decades Fidel Castro ruled this country, he was a daily presence in Cubans' lives. His speeches echoed on their televisions and his stern rules shaped almost every aspect of their existence.
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday condemned a growing push to force recounts in three states pivotal to his Nov. 8 victory, confronting the Green Party-backed effort for the first time even as he worked to address key Cabinet vacancies. The New York billionaire, who charged the election was "rigged" on a daily basis before his victory, called the developing recount effort "a scam" in a statement released by his transition team.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. >> President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday condemned a growing push to force recounts in three states pivotal to his Nov. 8 victory, confronting the Green Party-backed effort for the first time even as he worked to address key Cabinet vacancies.
Pope Francis waves as he arrives, accompanied by Cuba's President Raul Castro, at the Havana airport September 19, 2015. REUTERS/Tony Gentile "I express to you my sentiments of grief," said Francis in a message to Castro's brother , President Raul Castro.
The US president-elect called the former Cuban leader "a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for nearly six decades". Trump said Castro, who has died aged 90 , leaves a legacy of "firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights".
For half a century, as Fidel Castro transformed Cuba into a communist state and sparred with the U.S., his brother Ral worked in his shadow, the authoritarian leader's disciplined, junior partner. But by the time the elder Castro died Friday night, Ral Castro, who assumed presidential powers in 2006 before getting the official title in 2008, had transformed Cuba into country that was unrecognizable in many ways - and yet remarkably the same.
Within half an hour of the Cuban government's announcement Saturday of the death of the 90-year-old revolutionary leader, cheers were heard in Miami's Little Havana. Within half an hour of the Cuban government's announcement Saturday of the death of the 90-year-old revolutionary leader, cheers were heard in Miami's Little Havana.
Fidel Castro visited the United States only a handful of times. But the late Cuban dictator for decades had an outsized effect on the presidential politics of his northern neighbor.
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When news broke Friday night of the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, dissidents celebrated in the streets of Miami. And when the White House offered sympathies Saturday morning, President Obama faced sharp backlash.
Fidel Castro's death triggered an emotional and long-awaited celebration in Miami's large Cuban-American community Saturday as peaceful demonstrators waved flags and honked car horns, many cheering with joy and others weeping for family members who didn't live to see this day. Yet it was also a bittersweet time as most realize Castro's passing will not immediately translate into freedom or democracy on the oppressive communist island and that much work remains to enact change in Cuba.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found himself in a pickle in 2010 when, after he expressed his appreciation for remarks by Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro, who passed away Saturday, he inspired the anger of some in the U.S. and was forced to apologize. Speaking to The Atlantic, Castro told Jeffery Goldberg at the time that "without a doubt" Israel had a right to exist.
President-elect Donald Trump reacted Saturday to the death of controversial Cuban leader Fidel Castro in a four word tweet. The longtime revolutionary leader died Friday, presenting more potential opportunities for change in a country whose relations with the United States recently began to improve Castro's death came just weeks after Trump, a frequent critic of the deal that lead to a reopening of diplomatic relations with Cuba, was elected president.
Cubans and world leaders supplied a mixture of celebration and mourning following the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Friday night. The cause of the 90-year-old communist leader's death was not revealed, as Castro was to be cremated early Saturday morning in advance of nine days of national mourning before his funeral in the city of Santiago de Cuba on Dec. 4, CNN reported .
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gave his first reaction to the death of Fidel Castro on Saturday, saying on Twitter, "Fidel Castro is dead!", without elaborating.