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Trump calls Castro 'brutal dictator'
26 Nov 2016 at 16:19hrs | Views
US President-elect Donald Trump says Fidel Castro was "brutal dictator", hopes Cuba can move to "free future"
In a statement, Mr Trump said that while Cuba remained "a totalitarian island, it is my hope that today marks a move away from the horrors endured for too long, and toward a future in which the wonderful Cuban people finally live in the freedom they so richly deserve".
Meanwhile US President Barack Obama said, "history will judge the enormous impact" of Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro on the world.
The death of Castro, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, was announced by his brother Raul on Friday night.
Castro came to power in 1959, and ushered in a Communist revolution. He defied the US for decades, surviving many assassination plots.
Supporters said he returned Cuba to the people. Critics called him a dictator.
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Source - BBC
