Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90. Fidel Alejandro Castro RuzTITLES: Former president of Council of State and Council of Ministers, first secretary of Communist Party of Cuba, commander in chief of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces. For three decades, Cuba was Soviet ally and remained alienated from United States after communism collapsed in eastern Europe. The two countries began to move toward full diplomatic relations after a surprise announcement by President Barack Obama and Raul Castro on Dec. 17, 2014. - Castro in 1953, when the young lawyer was defending himself over his assault on the Moncada military barracks in Santiago de Cuba.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 26, 2016 05:31 UTC