Cubans begin tearful farewell to Fidel Castro

[WorldNews]

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Hundreds of thousands of Cubans swarmed Havana's iconic Revolution Square in a tearful and nostalgic tribute to Fidel Castro on Monday, kicking off a week-long farewell to the divisive Cold War icon. Long lines of mourners entered the towering monument to independence hero Jose Marti, filing past a black-and-white picture of "El Comandante" as a young, black-bearded revolutionary carrying a rifle. The memorial began with a salvo of 21 cannon shots from a colonial fort overlooking Havana harbor.

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