USA Today: Remains of Fidel Castro laid to rest
SANTIAGO DE CUBA – The moment so many in Cuba had dreaded and so many in the U.S. had prayed for finally arrived Sunday when Fidel Castro's ashes were interred in this eastern city where he started his communist revolution.
Cubans expected to see the final ceremony on state television, but they awoke to replays of memorials from the previous week. It was unclear whether the broadcast failed or if Cuban officials decided at the last moment to cut it off.
Castro’s remains were laid to rest early Sunday after a private ceremony. His ashes reside next to a monument to Cuba’s original freedom fighter, José Martí, and just a few blocks from the plaza where Castro declared victory for his revolution on Jan. 1, 1959.
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More News On The Burial of Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro's ashes buried in Santiago de Cuba -- BBC
Cuba buries Castro, entering post-Fidel era -- AFP
Castro's Remains Buried in Private Ceremony in Cuba -- VOA
Fidel Castro's ashes buried in private cemetery ceremony -- FOX News
Fidel's final farewell: Cuba bids goodbye to Castro after nine days of mourning - as his brother Raul announces the nation will FORBID tributes to the late leader -- Daily Mail
Fidel Castro laid to rest in Cuba, ending nine days of mourning -- Reuters
Fidel Castro ashes interred in private funeral in Santiago de Cuba -- DW
Cuba Puts Fidel Castro to Rest: ‘A Man So Large in a Box So Small’ -- NYT
After Castro's death, dissidents see changes ahead -- Sarah Marsh and Diego Oré and Sarah Marsh, Fiscal Times/Reuters
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