FORMER CUBAN LEADER FIDEL CASTRO DIES AT 90

ICONIC CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADER FIDEL CASTRO DIES AT THE AGE OF 90
CUBAN PRESIDENT AND FIDEL CASTRO'S BROTHER RAUL CASTRO MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
HE SAID THAT FIDEL BREATHED HIS LAST LATE ON FRIDAY, AROUND 10:30 PM LOCAL TIME.
AND THAT HE WILL BE CREMATED TODAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH HIS EXPRESSED WILL.
THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED NINE DAYS OF MOURNING.
FIDEL CASTRO SPEARHEADED THE CUBAN REVOLUTION NEARLY HALF A CENTURY AGO OVERTHROWING THE CORRUPT DICTATORSHIP OF FULGENCIO BATISTA.
CASTRO TURNED CUBA INTO A COMMUNIST STATE. HE NATIONALISED ALL U-S OWNED BUSINESSES.