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  • Fidel Castro’s Last Wish: No Monuments or Memorials in My Name

    Cuban President Raúl Castro said Saturday that Cuba will not name any streets or erect an public monuments in honor of his brother Fidel, in keeping with the former leader’s expressed desires, reports The Guardian. During the last stop on Fidel’s funeral procession, which began in Havana and ended in the eastern city of Santiago’s…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Revolutionary Road: Navigating Fidel Castro’s Polarizing Legacy

    President Fidel Castro—El Jefe, El Comandante—the iconic Cuban leader whom the U.S. government has relentlessly vilified between attempts to assassinate him, is now dead. And as with most loved and loathed figures, fiery debates over how he should be remembered have sprung to life. In the cacophony of almost bestial glee and deep mourning that…

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    Kirsten West Savali

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