Editing Fidel Castro (section)

===Death===
{{Main|Death and state funeral of Fidel Castro}}
[[File:Fidel Castro's funeral procession.jpg|thumb|Castro's funeral procession passing through [[Sancti Spíritus Province]], Cuba]]
Castro died in Havana on the night of 25 November 2016.<ref name="AlJazeeraobit">{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2016/11/cuba-leader-fidel-castro-dead-90-161126053354637.html|publisher=Al Jazeera|title=Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro dead at 90|date=26 November 2016|access-date=25 November 2016|archive-date=26 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126094009/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2016/11/cuba-leader-fidel-castro-dead-90-161126053354637.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name = Davison>{{cite news|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/fidel-castro-obituary-the-cuban-revolutionary-who-defied-10-us-presidents-a7440916.html|title = Fidel Castro obituary: The Cuban revolutionary who defied 10 US presidents|newspaper = [[The Independent]]|date = 26 November 2016|accessdate = 25 July 2022|last = Davison|first = Phil|archive-date = 25 July 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220725174747/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/fidel-castro-obituary-the-cuban-revolutionary-who-defied-10-us-presidents-a7440916.html|url-status = live}}</ref> The cause of death was not disclosed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2016/12/04/fidel-castro-cuba-burial/|title=Fidel Castro Laid to Rest in Cuba, Ending Nine Days of Mourning|date=4 December 2016|agency=Reuters|work=Fortune|access-date=4 December 2016|archive-date=5 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161205122527/http://fortune.com/2016/12/04/fidel-castro-cuba-burial/|url-status=live}}</ref> His brother, President Raúl Castro, confirmed the news in a brief speech: "The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 &#91;[[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]&#93; this evening."<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953|work=BBC News|title=Cuba's Fidel Castro dies aged 90|access-date=25 November 2016|date=26 November 2016|archive-date=14 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114053634/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38114953|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fidel Castro dies |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/politics/fidel-castro-dies-cuban-tv-1320694 |access-date=26 November 2016 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Anthony DePalma |title=Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/world/americas/fidel-castro-dies.html |access-date=26 November 2016 |work=The New York Times|date=26 November 2016 }}</ref>  His death came nine months after his older brother [[Ramón Castro Ruz|Ramón]] died at the age of 91 in February. Fidel Castro was [[cremation|cremated]] the next day.<ref name="bbc"/> A funeral procession travelled {{convert|900|km}} along the island's [[Carretera Central (Cuba)|central highway]] from Havana to Santiago de Cuba, tracing in reverse the route of the "Freedom Caravan" of January 1959. After nine days of public mourning, his ashes were entombed in the [[Santa Ifigenia Cemetery]] in Santiago de Cuba.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38201169|title=Fidel Castro's ashes buried in Santiago de Cuba|date=4 December 2016|work=BBC News|access-date=4 December 2016|archive-date=4 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204125104/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38201169|url-status=live}}</ref>