Cuba Mourning Fidel Castro
The former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, died at the age of 90 of natural causes on the night of December 25th 2016. The announcement was made by his brother Raúl, current president of Cuba, on national television. Castro’s body was cremated and his ashes were buried nine days later in Santiago de Cuba, after a long procession. Hundreds of thousands of people participated in the event.