headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. fidel castro who turned a small caribbean island into an american foreign policy obsession is being remembered as a oppressive tyrant and savior of his people tonight. the very contradiction that defined his 50 years of rule. in havana where a nine-day mourning is underway people openly wept in the streets after news of his death broke. and people in little havana in miami celebrated. fidel castro goes to his grave as a dynamic figure of the cold war who once nearly nudged the u.s. and russia into a nuclear war. our team is reporting from around the region. we begin tonight with nbc s chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. good evening, lester. at miami airport cuban-americans are lined up to go to cuba or greet relatives visiting from the island. no place in america has been as affected by fidel castro s nearly 50-year reign as south florida. he s revealed by many exiled du
right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. fidel castro who turned a small caribbean island into an american foreign policy obsession is being remembered as a oppressive tyrant and savior of his people tonight. the very contradiction that defined his 50 years of rule. in havana where a underway people openly wept in the streets after news of his death broke. and people in little havana in miami celebrated. fidel castro goes to his grave as a dynamic figure of the cold war who once nearly nudged the u.s. and russia into a nuclear war. our team is reporting from around the region. we begin tonight with nbc s chief foreign affairs correspondent lester. at miami airport cuban-americans are lined up to go to cuba or greet relatives visiting from the island. no place in america has been as affected by fidel castro s nearly 50-year reign as south florida. he s revealed by many exiled during his r
right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. fidel castro who turned a small caribbean island into an american foreign policy obsession is being remembered as a oppressive tyrant and savior of his people tonight. the very contradiction that defined his 50 years of rule. in havana where a nine-day mourning wept in the streets after news of his death broke. and people in little havana in miami celebrated. fidel castro goes to his grave as a dynamic figure of the cold war who once nearly nudged the u.s. and russia into a nuclear war. our team is reporting from around the region. we begin tonight with nbc s chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. good evening, cuban-americans are lined up to go to cuba or greet relatives visiting from the island. no place in america has been as affected by fidel castro s nearly 50-year reign as south florida. he s revealed by many exiled during hi
in little havana. fidel castro goes to his grave as a dynamic figure of the cold war. once nearly nudged the u.s. and russia into a nuclear war. our team is reporting from around the region. we begin tonight with nbc s chief foreign affairs correspondent good evening, lester. at miami airport cuban-americans are lined up to go to cuba or greet relatives visiting from the island. no place in america has been as affected by fidel castro s nearly 50-year reign as south florida. he s revealed by many exiled during his reign. nevin his heyday he was admired by many around the world. to his followers, he was just fidel. to his enemies a feared dictator. one of the world s last communists. the legendary fire brand began life simply. e landowner. he graduated with a law degree and doctorate. tried running for the national assembly in 1952 until batista ceased power and cancelled elections. in 1953 castro lead a rebel group and failed. castro ended up in jail for two years. until an
in little havana. fidel castro goes to his grave as a dynamic figure of the cold war. once nearly nudged the u.s. and russia into a nuclear war. our team is reporting from around the region. we begin tonight with nbc s chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. good evening, lester. at miami airport cuban-americans are lined up to go to cuba or greet relatives visiting from the island. no place in america has been as affected by fidel castro s nearly 50-year reign as south florida. he s revealed by many exiled during his reign. nevin his heyday he was admired by many around the world. to his followers, he was just fidel. to his enemies a feared dictator. one of the world s last communists. the legendary fire brand began life simply. the ill legitimate class of a landowner. he graduated with a law degree and doctorate. tried running for the national assembly in 1952 until batista ceased power and cancelled elections. in 1953 castro lead a rebel group and failed. ca