Revolutionary Cuban icon Fidel Castro dies at 90

Mangalore Today News Network

Havana, Nov 26, 2016: Fidel Castro, Cuba’s former president, has died aged 90.

The Cuban revolutionary icon breathed his last late Friday in Havana, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced on national television.

"The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening," the President announced on national television.

Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century.

He handed over the powers to his brother Raul Castro in 2008.