Fidel Castro's funeral procession reaches final destination

 

 

The ashes of Cuba’s late leader Fidel Castro have reached their final destination after crossing the country.

 

Thousands of Cubans packed Santiago de Cuba on Saturday to catch a glimpse of the small coffin containing the urn of the revolutionary’s remains.

 

The three day 800 kilometre funeral procession had retraced in reverse Castro’s route to seizing power in Havana to the city he launched his revolution six decades ago.

 

Castro’s will be laid to rest in a private ceremony in the eastern city on Sunday.

 

His ashes are expected to be entombed near the remains of Cuba’s independence hero Jose Marti and follows nine days of national mourning.

 

Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and Bolivia’s Evo Morales are expected to attend Sunday’s service, as are Brazil’s former president’s Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff.

 

 

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Bury the cockroach as soon as possible. Put that vermin into the ground already. The oppression he caused, the pain, the suffering of his people, the unbearable poverty, the mass stripping of the land and forests, the restrictions on movement and travel, the lack of a living wage, all the while this insect was living in a gilded mansion, feasting on (illegal) lobster tail, and amassing billions of dollars. 

 

Be done with him. Good ridding. Thrilled he is gone. 

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Bury the cockroach as soon as possible. Put that vermin into the ground already. The oppression he caused, the pain, the suffering of his people, the unbearable poverty, the mass stripping of the land and forests, the restrictions on movement and travel, the lack of a living wage, all the while this insect was living in a gilded mansion, feasting on (illegal) lobster tail, and amassing billions of dollars. 

 

Be done with him. Good ridding. Thrilled he is gone. 

 

However that was your opinion. Mine is just the opposite.

 

A bit like the US supported dictator, Batista who was before him.

 

Have you ever considered what might have happened if the USA had supported him instead of driving him into the Russian sphere?

 

No Bay of Pigs. No missile crisis. No blockade of Cuba for more than 50 years.

 

Perhaps the Cuban people would have prospered and been far happier than you presume they were.

 

Alternative thinking outside of the box sometimes pays off.