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‘Fidel, Fidel: ever onward to victory’
Cuba reaffirms its socialism as revolutionary leader is laid to rest
REVOLUTIONARY leader Fidel Castro was laid to rest in Santiago de Cuba yesterday, ending nine days of national mourning.
His ashes were interred at the city’s Santa Ifigenia Cemetery, where 19th-century independence hero Jose Marti and Fidel’s revolutionary comrade Frank Pais also rest.
Thousands of people, many weeping, lined the streets to pay their last respects as the jeep carrying his remains passed thorough the city where the fallen leader led the July 26 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks, beginning the Cuban revolution.
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