they have to leave the country. there s been opposition. he did many controversial things. he confronted the u.s., but he stayed true to his message. and he managed to do something that had not been done previously in latin america. the legacy, i guess you could say, is divided between those who look at fidel castro as a remarkable leader, a hero, in some respects. and those who despise him as a dictator. there is no sort of gray area here, is there? yes. that s exactly right. there s actually no gray area, because his influence was so profound in the course of the cuban nation. and, of course, he actually it was very important, he projected way beyond
more often than not, you were the one breaking the news to them. giving them information. what you heard from castro. what i d like to hear from you now, what s it like to tell a cuban who s only ever known fidel castro that the man has passed away? one person that i called for reaction, i don t want to use their name, i have known her for many years and she hates fidel castro and she began to cry perhaps from relief, perhaps from this is somebody that all cubans feel they know. my office staff is somewhat stunned as i called them. people were not watching the news this late at night. almost 11:00 when the news broke here. people were going to bed or doing other things and not watching this broadcast. the end of a celebration of
college trying to figure out life. he was in 1959, when and he entered havana triumphantly with his army he was not yet 33 years old. the baf of pigs invasion, the cuban missile crisis, all of that happened before he turned 30 years old. and if you read the story of how he made it all the way from veracruz, mexico on the boat called the grandma across the mediterranean i m sorry the caribbean. and got into cuba. they capsized. and out of an army of more than 100, it was only a few dozen that they had left. and most of them were killed. and he was trying to hide in a corn field. and according to his own words, he was on his back for three days trying to take cover from the battista army. so it s just an incredible story
any type of transition. i don t think it will mean anything significantly, maybe not any time soon. there is definitely hope that we can see a free and democratic cuba in the veneer future. what is your family telling you? i m here with my mom. it is so symbolic to be here. my grandparents, her parents, have both passed away. they weren t able to be here to see this moment. i was at home watching everything. i was torn. too do i go to the radio station and go out and come and see the community? my heart told me i had to be here and bring my mom out here, to be here joinnd spirit with the cubans in the island. reporter: thank you very much. gracias. reporter: that really kind of captures the mood here as enrique mentioned, this has been the site for decades and decades where cuban exiles have come and debated and argued and contemplated the future of
campaign. if he follows through, if he reverses all of president obama s executive orders, that will set u.s. relations with cuba back to where they were the past 50 years. we will have to see what happens with that. of course, it is unknown, a lot of unknowns as to what trump s policy vis-a-vis cuba might be, the president-elect, a lot of unknowns as to what might go on in havana. many guests we ve had on this evening been saying, the majority of guests and contributors have been saying there s not going to be a lot of change in havana. they ve been preparing for a number of years. thank you very much. glen garvin, miami herald reporter. thank you very much. we appreciate it. let s dig a bit more into the background. we re getting some reaction on twitter to castro s death. the president of venezuela saying that he called cuba s