Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90


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Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, state TV has announced.

It provided no further details.


Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century before handing over the powers to his brother Raul in 2008.


His supporters praised him as a man who had given Cuba back to the people. But his opponents accused him of brutally suppressing opposition.


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