No street bears his name and there is not a single statue in his honour but Fidel Castro did not want or need that type of recognition. Fidel Castro: world reacts to death of Cuban leader – live updates Read moreThe “maximum leader” was a workaholic micro-manager who turned the Caribbean island into an economic, political and social laboratory that has simultaneously intrigued, appalled and inspired the world. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Pope Francis meets Cuba’s Fidel Castro, as Castro’s wife Dalia Soto del Valle looks on, in Havana in 2015. But this is still an island shaped more by Fidel Castro than any other man. Thanks to the economic embargo imposed by the United States, Castro’s Cuba became a time capsule.

Source: The Guardian November 26, 2016 05:50 UTC