Raúl Castro spoke at the end of a second massive rally in honor of Fidel as Cuba neared the end of its nine-day public mourning. Castro’s ashes arrived on Saturday afternoon in Santiago, ending a four-day journey across Cuba that began after a rally in Havana’s Plaza de la Revolución. Castro’s ashes will be interred on Sunday morning in Santiago’s Santa Ifigenia cemetery, ending the official mourning period. Mourning for Castro has reached peaks of near-religious public adulation across Cuba since his death, particularly in rural eastern Cuba. Huge crowds have been shouting his name and lining the roads to salute the funeral procession carrying his ashes from Havana to Santiago.

Source: The Guardian December 04, 2016 02:25 UTC