Fidel Castro was a pretty divisive figure. Sure, the bloke was instrumental in overthrowing a brutal Cuban regime, but his tenure as leader of the nation’s (one and only) Communist party wasn’t entirely swell for the island either.
Now, after the revolutionary figure’s death at the age of 90, Cubans who left Castro’s nation for the United States are celebrating his death.
Footage from Miami – itself only a few hundred kilometres from the Central American nation – shows the city’s Cuban-American community rallying in the streets to commemorate his passing.
And the cacerolas have arrived (pots and pans) as Miami’s Cuban community celebrates Fidel Castro’s death pic.twitter.com/eqJgfrEq89
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) November 26, 2016
Starting to be a real crowd outside Versailles in Little Havana, cars stopping to honk and cheer “Cuba Libre!” (And “el viejo murió!”) pic.twitter.com/pzBvC4fdNV
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) November 26, 2016
Fidel Castro is dead and the people gathered here in Little Havana in Miami are celebrating. #WEBN pic.twitter.com/aveuyMjtw7
— Javier Rodriguez (@WEBNtvRodriguez) November 26, 2016
The celebration in Miami after the death of Fidel Castro. @USATODAY pic.twitter.com/xWl1lbwfsC
— Alan Gomez (@alangomez) November 26, 2016
In Little Havana in Miami, the crowd celebrating after Fidel Castro’s death sings La Bayamesa, the Cuban national anthem. Quite a moment. pic.twitter.com/1WvSnscfqV
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) November 26, 2016
This sign #CalleOcho #LittleHavana #FidelCastro pic.twitter.com/wIZZT4qLLm
— Layron Livingston (@LJLiveTV) November 26, 2016
You can expect the think pieces to start rolling out pretty soon – the post-mortem takes on Castro have probably been a looong time coming – but at least one Cuban enclave is excited at the prospect of a future without him.
Source: ABC.
Photo: Vera Bergengruen / Twitter.
