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Mourners hold a Cuban flag as they line up at Revolution Plaza, the site of two days of tributes to the late Fidel Castro, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. Thousands of Cubans began lining up early for the start of week-long services bidding farewell to the man who ruled the country for nearly half a century. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Trek to Fidel Castro’s final resting spot traces revolution’s past

By Christine Armario - Associated Press

The Cuban community celebrates the announcement that Fidel Castro died as they gather in front La Carreta Restaurant, early Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, in Miami. Within half an hour of the Cuban government’s official announcement that former President Fidel Castro had died, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016, at age 90, Miami’s Little Havana teemed with life - and cheers. (David Santiago/El Nuevo Herald via AP)

Castro’s death is bittersweet for nostalgic Cuban exiles

By ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press

SC’s Martin: “My grandmother can rest in peace.”

Associated Press

A woman walks past a photo of the late Fidel Castro at a memorial to honor him in Guanabacoa on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. Tribute sites are set up in hundreds of places across the country to bid farewell Castro, who died on Nov. 25 at age 90. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Obama should avoid Fidel Castro’s funeral

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A Vietnamese policeman stands guard as a wreath and an image of the late Cuban President Fidel Castro are placed at the Cuban embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. Castro, who led his bearded rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in Cuba, died on Friday at age 90. (AP Photo/Tran Van Minh)

Obama dishonors freedom by refusing to condemn Fidel Castro

By Ed Feulner

Illustration on the Castor era by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The left’s love affair with Fidel Castro

By Cal Thomas

"I'll be 90 years old soon," Fidel Castro said in his most extensive public appearance in years. "Soon I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain as proof on this planet that if they are worked at with fervor and dignity, they can produce the material and cultural goods that human beings need, and we need to fight without a truce to obtain them." (Associated Press)

Fidel Castro says he will soon die

By Michael Weissenstein - Associated Press

CLIFFORD MAY: Obama visit legitimizes Cuban dictatorship

By Clifford D. May

Fidel Castro. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Fidel Castro to Obama: We don’t need your ‘presents’

By Michael Weissenstein - Associated Press

White House spars with Fidel Castro over Obama’s visit

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Ramon Castro, older brother of Fidel Castro and Raul Castro, dies at 91

Associated Press

Pope Francis and Cuba's Fidel Castro shake hands, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. The Vatican described the 40-minute meeting at Castro's residence as informal and familial, with an exchange of books. (AP Photo/Alex Castro)

Pope Francis meets with Fidel Castro, misses out on dissident greeting

By Nicole Winfield and Michael Weissenstein - Associated Press

A worker wipes a representation of the The Great Seal of the United States at the newly opened U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

EDITORIAL: America returns to Cuba

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Cuban President Raul Castro (center) listens as President Obama delivers his speech to world leaders at the VII Summit of the Americas' opening plenary April 11 in Panama City, Panama. (Associated Press)

Cuba trade embargo fate hinges on Havana human rights progress

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro shake hands during their meeting at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, Saturday, April 11, 2015. The leaders of the United States and Cuba held their first formal meeting in more than half a century on Saturday, clearing the way for a normalization of relations that had seemed unthinkable to both Cubans and Americans for generations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) **FILE**

Cuba officially removed from U.S. terror list

By Guy Taylor and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Pope Francis meets Cuban President Raul Castro during a private audience at the Vatican, Sunday, May 10, 2015. Cuban President Raul Castro has been welcomed at the Vatican by Pope Francis, who played a key role in the breakthrough between Washington and Havana aimed at restoring U.S.-Cuban diplomatic ties. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

Raul Castro to Pope: Thanks to you, I may come back to the Church

By Alvaro de Juana - Catholic News Agency

Fidel Castro, 1962. Associated Press photograph

R. EMMETT TYRRELL: Reminding Obama about Cuba’s history

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.