Large crowds for Castro's ashes after symbolic Che Guevara reunion

By Diego Oré and Sarah Marsh SANTA CLARA, Cuba (Reuters) - Thousands of people greeted Fidel Castro's funeral cortege on its journey across Cuba on Thursday after a symbolic overnight reunion at the mausoleum in Santa Clara housing the bones of fellow revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Waving flags and chanting "I am Fidel," Cubans thickly lined pastel-colored colonial streets in admiration of Castro, who died on Friday at age 90 as one of the towering figures of the 20th century after establishing a Communist state 90 miles (145 km) from the United States. "With the death of Fidel, the revolution must continue on its path, no steps backwards," said Pedro Sanchez, 81, who said he fought in Castro's rebellion against a U.S.-backed president in the 1950s.

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