A giant banner with a photograph of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro lies on the ground waiting to be hung at the Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo) A giant banner with a photograph of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro lies on the ground waiting to be hung at the Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo)A nine-story portrait of a young Fidel Castro has joined the towering images of fallen guerrillas overlooking Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution, the massive square where Cuba today begins bidding farewell to the man who ruled the island for nearly half a century. For some, particularly younger Cubans, Castro’s death barely registered. Castro’s ashes will be interred on Sunday in Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago, Cuba’s second-largest city.

Source: Indian Express November 28, 2016 06:29 UTC