SANTIAGO, Cuba – Fidel Castro’s remains were laid to rest Sunday morning in a private ceremony in Santiago de Cuba, the city where he launched his communist revolution, Cuban officials told CNN.

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Vincent Castro, 102, cherished husband to Lillian F. (Piscottano) Castro of Wethersfield, entered from the Hartford Hospital with family by his side, into his true home, Heaven and the loving arms of ...

Fidel Castro famously micromanaged everything in Cuba — from sugarcane production to elementary school textbooks — so it’s no surprise that before he died, he dictated precisely what would happen at ...

Ilona B (Kettenbeil) Walsh of Castro Valley lost her battle with brain cancer on June 3, 2025. She leaves her husband Edward J Walsh and their son Frederick J Walsh, Esq.(Harriet). Ilona and Ed formed ...

The official guest list goes on for 20 pages, with a varied group of VIPs such as former Spanish King Juan Carlos I, a vice president of the North Korean worker’s party and left-leaning actor Danny ...

TORONTO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not be attending the funeral of Fidel Castro amid an uproar over his comments over the weekend praising the late Cuban leader. Andree-Lyne Halle, ...

The US will not send a formal delegation to former Cuban leader Fidel Castro's funeral, though two top American officials will attend, the White House announced on Tuesday. White House Press Secretary ...

SANTIAGO, Cuba – Fidel Castro’s remains were laid to rest Sunday morning in a private ceremony in Santiago de Cuba, the city where he launched his communist revolution, Cuban officials told CNN.