"At 10.29 at night, the chief commander of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro Ruz, died," he said, without giving a cause of death. "I lament the death of Fidel Castro Ruz, leader of the Cuban revolution and emblematic reference of the 20th Century," Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Twitter. Instead, illness forced him to cede power to his younger brother Raul Castro, provisionally in 2006 and definitively in 2008. For most Cubans, Fidel Castro has been the ubiquitous figure of their entire life. It was never clear whether Fidel Castro fully backed his brother's reform efforts of recent years.

Source: Egypt Independent November 26, 2016 08:21 UTC