Fidel Castro, Cuba’s former president and leader of the Communist revolution, has died aged 90, state TV has announced.
It provided no further details.
Fidel Castro ruled Cuba as a one-party state for almost half a century before handing over the powers to his brother Raul in 2008.
His supporters praised him as a man who had given Cuba back to the people. But his opponents accused him of brutally suppressing opposition.
Immediately upon his death, he received a standing ovation as he entered the gates of Hell for a job well done by the likes of Hitler, Pol Pot, Mao, Saddam Hussein, Stalin, Lenin, Edi Amin, Mussolini, and Pinochet.