We are grateful that youre with us. Good morning, im christi paul. And im Martin Savidge in for victor blackwell. We welcome viewers from the u. S. And around the world. We begin with breaking news from cuba. Former cuban leader fidel castro is dead at the age of 90. You just heard the sounds of cheering on the streets of Little Havana on miami. As cuban exiles escaped his regime celebrated after hearing of his death. Although a lot of them are the next generation. Very good to point out. In havana, though, take a look there. The streets are quiet. People are finding out. And as cubas president and Fidel Castros brother raul castro made the announcement. Nine days of mourning started just about an hour ago. The video that you see here for his 90th Birthday Celebration, that was back in august. We want to go to patrick oppmann, now, he is there in cuba. And patrick, i was just talking to martin about this you are going to have an interesting place in history for a lot of these people in
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Cuba s Communist Party has named President Miguel Diaz-Canel as its new first secretary after Raul Castro announced his retirement.
Diaz-Canel will hold the most powerful position in the country, according to a D.W. report. The 60-year-old Diaz-Canel follows the leadership of brothers Fidel Castro and Raul Castro, who ruled Cuba for six long decades.
Miguel Diaz-Canel also represents the first leader to be born after a Cuban revolution that ousted the U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Bautista.
The president s selection as the first secretary of the Communist Party came as no surprise. Diaz-Canel is expected to continue with the one-party political system and socialist policies.
here s say look back at castro s life and how he transformed cuba. reporter: depending on whom you talk to, fidel castro was a revered revolutionary legend or a despise ed tyrannical dictato. there is little middle ground. castro came to power in 1959 in a widely popular revolution of the throwing. cuba s then dictator fulgencio bautista. but it wasn t long before the bearded man ideology left him on a collision course. 90 miles offshore, the u.s. decided to act. i have directed the armed forces reporter: first launching the embargo, palled by the failed bay of pigs and several assassination attacks on castro,