A photograph of the late Fidel Castro is held up during a final homage to him at Antonio Maceo plaza in Santiago de Cuba on Dec. 3. (Desmond Boylan/AP)SANTIAGO DE CUBA — Fidel Castro will be interred Sunday morning here in Cuba’s second-largest city, alongside the tombs of Cuba’s most exalted national heroes. He ruled Cuba from 1959 to 2006, when illness forced him to step aside and transfer power to his younger brother Raúl. Cuban President Raúl Castro, right, acknowledges the crowd after speaking during a final homage to his late brother Fidel Castro, held at Antonio Maceo plaza in Santiago de Cuba on Dec. 3. Several of Fidel Castro’s celebrity friends, including Argentine soccer icon Diego Maradona and actor Danny Glover, also made the trip to Santiago.

Source: Washington Post December 04, 2016 11:05 UTC