Fidel Castro dies aged 90

Jafar Aghadadashov
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Baku. 26 November. REPORT.AZ/ Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro has died aged 90.

Report informs referring to the Reuters, his brother Raul Castro has informed. 

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (Fidel Castro) ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century before handing over the powers to Raul Castro in 2008.

His supporters praised him as a man who had given Cuba back to the people. 

He was a Cuba's leader during 1959-2008.

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