The 90-year-old revolutionary leader and former president died November 25.
Cuba is nearing the end of its nine-day public mourning for Fidel Castro with a second massive rally in honor of the revolutionary leader. (Photos: AP)- Mourning for Castro has reached near-religious peaks of public adulation across Cuba since his death, particularly in rural eastern Cuba. (Photo: AP)
- Huge crowds have been shouting his name and lining the roads to salute the funeral procession carrying his ashes from Havana to Santiago. (Photo: AP)
- Castro's ashes will be interred on Sunday morning in Santiago's Santa Ifigenia cemetery, ending the official mourning period. (Photo: AP)
- The 90-year-old former president died Nov. 25. His ashes arrived in the eastern city of Santiago Saturday afternoon, ending a four-day journey across Cuba that began after a massive rally in Havana's Plaza of the Revolution. (Photo: AP)
- Hundreds of thousands gathered in Santiago's Revolution Plaza Saturday night, cheering speeches by the heads of state-run groups of small farmers, women, revolutionary veterans and neighbourhood watch committee members. (Photo: AP)
- Thousands of people welcomed the leader's remains in Santiago to shouts of 'Fidel! I am Fidel!' (Photo: AP)
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Cuba is nearing the end of its nine-day public mourning for Fidel Castro with a second massive rally in honor of the revolutionary leader. (Photos: AP)
The 90-year-old revolutionary leader and former president died November 25.
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