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| Cuba's Fidel Castro, former president, dies aged 90 | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | His supporters praised him as a man who had given Cuba back to the people. But his opponents accused him of brutally suppressing opposition. |
| Obituary: Fidel Castro | |
| In April, Fidel Castro gave a rare speech on the final day of the country's Communist Party congress. | |
| He acknowledged his advanced age but said Cuban communist concepts were still valid and the Cuban people "will be victorious". | |
| "I'll soon be 90," the former president said, adding that this was "something I'd never imagined". | |
| "Soon I'll be like all the others, "to all our turn must come," Fidel Castro said. | |
| Fidel Castro's key dates | |
| 1926: Born in the south-eastern Oriente Province of Cuba | |
| 1953: Imprisoned after leading an unsuccessful rising against Batista's regime | |
| 1955: Released from prison under an amnesty deal | |
| 1956: With Che Guevara, begins a guerrilla war against the government | |
| 1959: Defeats Batista, sworn in as prime minister of Cuba | |
| 1960: Fights off CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion by Cuban exiles | |
| 1962: Sparks Cuban missile crisis by agreeing that USSR can deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba | |
| 1976: Elected president by Cuba's National Assembly | |
| 1992: Reaches an agreement with US over Cuban refugees | |
| 2008: Stands down as president of Cuba due to health issues | |
| Source: BBC History |