Leader of Argentina's Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo mourns the death of Fidel Castro

Record ID: 77277

  • Title: Leader of Argentina's Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo mourns the death of Fidel Castro
  • Date: 26th November 2016
  • Summary: CORDOBA, CORDOBA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA (FILE - 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** THEN-CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO WITH THEN-VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ AND PRESIDENT OF THE MOTHERS OF THE PLAZA DE MAYO, HEBE DE BONAFINI, AT A POLITICAL EVENT SUPPORTERS WAVING FLAGS AND CHEERING ON CASTRO, CHAVEZ AND THE MOTHERS OF THE PLAZA DE MAYO CHAVEZ AND CASTRO ON STAGE TOGETHER GENERAL VIEW OF CROWD AND STAGE AUDIENCE CHEERING CASTRO AND DE BONAFINI ON STAGE GENERAL VIEW OF CASTRO AND CHAVEZ CASTRO AND CHAVEZ HUGGING
  • Embargoed: 11th December 2016 21:11
  • Keywords: Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Hebe de Bonafini Fidel Castro
  • Location: CORDOBA AND ALTA GRACIA, CORDOBA PROVINCE AND BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  • City: CORDOBA AND ALTA GRACIA, CORDOBA PROVINCE AND BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
  • Country: Argentina
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0015A307D3
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT INCLUDES MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3
    The leader of Argentina's famed human rights group, the Mother of the Plaza de Mayo, mourned on Saturday (November 26) the death of longtime friend and supporter Fidel Castro.
    Eighty-seven year-old Hebe de Bonafini, the president of the group, delivered an emotional statement from her office and distributed it on social media.
    She remembered Castro as a man of strength and sacrifice who had an advanced vision of the world.
    "We love him. He helped us love the Cuban people and we are going to continue to learn from his teachings as we have so often promised. Many times one promises things. I hope we can fulfill them. I know that you will always be Fidel, in our hearts and in our lives. You are one of the indispensable of the world but I ask that from where you are that you don't abandon us," she said, breaking down into tears.
    A towering figure of the 20th century and Cold War icon, Castro stuck to his ideology beyond the collapse of Soviet communism and remained widely respected in parts of the world that struggled against colonial rule.
    Castro had been in poor health since an intestinal ailment nearly killed him in 2006. He formally ceded power to his younger brother, Raul, two years later.
    Raul Castro, 85, appeared on state television on Friday night to announce Fidel's death, 60 years to the day since the two brothers and dozens of supporters left Mexico on a boat to take revolution to Cuba.
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