siempre, de raÚl hacia fidel. on raÚl y con el cÍrculo mÁs cercano de sus hermanas. entre ellas, enma castro, que nos dijo hace unos momentos en la llamada telefÓnica que hicimos a mÉxico que la Última vez que lo vio, fue para su cumpleaÑos, el 13 de agosto. y el 15, lo vio tambiÉn. marÍa elena: vamos ahora con arantxa, que ha estado recopilando las acciones a nivel internacional de la muerte de fidel castro. arantxa: marÍa elena, muchas gracias. bÁsicamente, nos hemos dado a la tarea de ver cuàles falsas reacciones que han generado el exceso de fidel castro a nivel mundial. especÍficamente, nos dimos cuenta que es uno de los trending topics en google ahorita, es el nÚmero cinco. sin embargo, en twitter es de lo que mÁs se está hablando en este momento. algunas de las reacciones en latÍn amÉrica son por ejemplo la del presidente de mÉxico enrique peÑa nieto quien dijo y cito textualmente: "fidel castro fue un amigo de mÉxico, promotor de una relaciÓn bilateral basada respeto, diÁlogo y la solidaridad." tambiÉn rafa

todos y u saludos. >> lo que podrÍa ser un cambio con la muerte de fidel castro. >> en realidad la muerte de ninguna de los 2 tiro nos ni raÚlro, el cambio serÁ como nosotros estamos pensando hacerlo o sea, nosotros citamos las esperanzas para el cambio. >> el proyecto es libertad que busca una fractura total con el rÉgimen comunista. >> doctor. >> no hay que dialogar con ninguna de los dictadores. >> una pregunta para que las personas que no viven en cuba y sepan la realidad diaria de cuba, piensan muchos que lo que ha pasado de diciembre 2014 que las cosas han mejorado y que la verdad es que la situaciÓn estÁ mejorando poco a poco en cuba desde que reanudar las relaciones entre estados unidos >> bueno, en realidad en cuba persiste una dictadura comunista, que desde que iniciÓ relaciones con los estados unidos ha habido ciertas reformas pero en realidad lo que estÁ haciendo el rÉgimen estimulado por el gobierno de obama existiÓ existio en el sistema. toda la gente lo podÍa hacer tambiÉn. >> o sea, que la pequeÑa reforma econÓmica nos llevarÁ a la verdadera democracia. >> le agradezco estamos en vivo y en directo, les agrade

took power in 1959, so people have known -- cubans known fidel or raul castro, president named castroe life. ask cubans what will happen after and couldn't imagine a life without fidel or someone named castro in power. today is the day look to the future and hope for a better future but not sure that will happen. raul castro, while changing parts of his son's governing style, very authoritarian style, is very much the same kind of leader as fidel castro, not changed a single party communist form of government and don't expect major changes from within cuba but a moment when all eyes will be looking at cuba. weeks ahead talking about funerals and world leaders coming here but will play out for months and years. will be increased pressure from outside cuba and within for change. >> telling us about the emotional tie, interesting you're saying that his speeches have been the soundtrack to a lot of people's lives in cuba. seeing pictures of the late venezuelan president hugo chavez. we'll get into the nitty-gritty on the influence cuba has had and castro himself across the region but to t

fidel castro's brother and cuba's president raul castro making the statement on tv. this video i want to share with you will be from his 90th birthday celebration in august. there he is. fidel castro here. in the u.s. president elect donald trump tweeted very simply, fidel castro is dead. with an exclamation point. cnn is covering the story from all angles. we have patrick oppman in miami. i want to go straight to chris moody in miami. because what a scene it has been in little havana, not just overnight. we thought it would subside, but even where you are now. >> reporter: that's right. celebrations have gone on since the middle of the night when people here in the exile community in little havana in miami spilled into the streets and they have been celebrating and cheering and throwing impromptu parades down the streets for hours now. just shortly before this, we were on the sidewalk and cars were coming by and there were just so many people. they opened the street back up for people to pour back into. police have closed the street to traffic. people are back here c

ruthless dictator, and he's had an opportunity to now allow his brother raul to slide into power, but the question of human rights under fidel or raul are just as bleak. they imprison people for speaking their minds. there's no free press. there's no show like your show in cuba. everything is state sponsored. state-sponsored newspapers, state-sponsored media. and human rights dissidents are rounded up and thrown in jail. damas de blanco, the ladies in white, they dress in white and they march peacefully to the catholic church every sunday and with holding up a photo of their loved ones who have been or are in jail for political reasons, and for that they're beaten up and thrown in jail sometimes for two days, sometimes for one hour, sometimes for weeks and months at a time. so human rights are still terrible. >> it is terrible. you're painting such a stark picture, a bleak picture of exactly the reality of what's going on in cuba to this day and, ileana, i know this is a very personal story for you and for so many out there. we do want to thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. >> let's bring in now abc news pol

fidel's brother raul announced fidel's body was cremated on saturday. his ashes will be laid to rest this sunday in santiago. that's the same city fidel launched in revolution back in 1959. >> fidel castro's brother raul has been acting as president for the last decade. even though he's upheld many of fidel's ideologies....we have seen change under him. it's under raul where we've seen relations warm between america and the island nation just 90 miles south of florida. while cuba observes 9 days of -americans are celebrating. the latest u-s census says there are 20-thousand cuban americans in the valley. fidel romero was one of them at the florida cafe cuban bar and grill... watching news of fidel's death this weekend. ((fidel romero/cuban- american: "it's a very touching moment. it's very emotional and we hope that this is a beginning to a real movement for cuba to take it back and the freedom we've always been struggling and tried to accomplish" )) we spoke to in the valley. some say they're open to traveling to the country. a public rally is schedule

as marco rubio said rightly, fidel hasn't been in charge. raul is in charge. happened a decade ago. the problem is not -- was not fidel. it was the system that he put in place all these decades ago. that's with a we need to focus on. we need to focus not on an end to the castros, not the name, but to the system which lives off the back of the cuban people, threatens us and interferes in the region. >> the question is obviously, what -- of what president obama has done gets left in by donald trump. before we go way from president obama, his statement yesterday got a lot of people upset because of what it didn't say. let me put it up. here is what he said on castro. i have to say, it's the most positive statement i have heard a president of the united states put out on afidel castro. >> i disagree -- you present a very -- mario rubio did that, a very -- castro as the satanic demon that the united states has -- in many ways he has been. but i think what president obama statement reflects is that nobody in the rest of the world sort of agrees with you. the castro t

fidel castro has died at the age of 90. his death was announced a short time ago on cuban state tv by his brother raul. fidel castro ruled cuba for close to 50 years, seizing power in the cuban revolution of 1959. before, as we mentioned, handing in 2008. so the world will now see how a new era of cuban-american diplomacy change that is island with fidel castro now gone and the americans gradually returning as we've mentioned. it may no longer be fidel castro's cuba, as we've talked about. and so john, as we look at this and as news develops over the coming hours and overnight into tomorrow, what do you expect the reect reaction to be, in cuba and also in the united states? >> i think the most interesting thing to watch will be president obama, who made such a bold and controversial move in reopening official diplomatic ties with cuba. even before obama made that step, made that move, there was the hand shake. the handshake not with fidel. fidel castro. but he had a handshake with raul castro. it came at nelson mandela's memorial in south africa. and it was a simple gesture, but it was seen by many in t

but the deal was made with fidel's brother, president raul castro. it was the first major discussion between presidents of the u.s. and cuba since 1961, and fidel was still nowhere to be seen. despite his decline from public life and politics, the communist icon continued to publish editorial columns and assumed the role of an elder statesman. >> desjardins: read more about fidel castro's impact on history, and reactions to his death in the cuban community in miami, at www.pbs.org/newshour. >> desjardins: for more on fidel castro's foothold in history and what it means now, i am joined here in the studio by carla robbins, an adjunct senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. she's also a pulitzer prize- winning journalist formerly with the "new york times," "the wall street journal" and "u.s. news & world report." and in washington, william leogrande is a professor of government and a specialist in latin american politics at american university. he's the author of "back channel to cuba: the hidden history of negotiations between washington and

fidel castro has died at the age of 90. his death was announced a short time ago on cuban state tv by his brother raul. fidel castro ruled cuba for close to 50 years, seizing power in the cuban revolution of 1959. before, as we mentioned, handing power over to his brother, raul in 2008. new era of cuban-american diplomacy change that is island with fidel castro now gone and the americans gradually returning as we've mentioned. it may no longer be fidel castro's cuba, as we've talked about. and so john, as we look at this and as news develops over the coming hours and overnight into tomorrow, what do you expect the reection reaction to be, in cuba and also in the united states? >> i think the m thing to watch will be president obama, who made such a bold and controversial move in reopening official diplomatic ties with cuba. even before obama made that step, made that move, there was the hand shake. the handshake not with fidel. never personally one on one met fidel castro. castro. it came at nelson mandela's memorial in south africa. and it was a simple gesture, but it was seen by many in the u.s. polit

fidel castro has died at the age of 90. his death was announced a short time ago on cuban state tv by his brother raul. fidel castro ruled cuba for close to 50 years, seizing power in the cuban revolution of 1959. before, as we mentioned, handing so the world will now see how a new era of cuban-american diplomacy change that is island with fidel castro now gone and the americans gradually returning as we've mentioned. it may no longer be fidel castro's cuba, as we've talked about. and so john, as we look at this and as news develops over the coming hours and overnight into tomorrow, what do you expect the in the united states? >> i think the most interesting thing to watch will be president obama, who made such a bold and controversial move in reopening official diplomatic ties with cuba. even before obama made that step, made that move, there was the hand shake. the handshake not with fidel. never personally one on one met castro. it came at nelson mandela's memorial in south africa. and it was a simple gesture, but it was seen by many in the u.s. political world as incredibly controversial. because ca

raul castro now? i mean, you knew fidel castro but what about raul and how that will move forward with this new administration>> caller: well, cuba -- to quote the title of a new book by richard fineburg is quote, open for business. and what obama has tried to do in these last two years since his dramatic announcement with raul castro after two years of that of secret diplomacy is establish these strong bridges of commerce and culture. he authorized direct airline flights, for example, to cuba and tens of thousands of u.s. citizens are flying on those flights. and so now you have the airline industry involved in lobbying for good, normal relations with cuba so they can make money. you have the hotel industry starting to get a foothold in havana to support all those tourists. and they're going to be lobbying as well, as well as the agricultural companies, travel companies, et cetera. so we're -- the hope is of course is that the businessman side of the donald trump will kind of supersede the political side of donald trump and that he will realize that the united states is pursuing its interests, particularly i

fidel being gone will just mean that the iconic part of the revolution is gone. raulhere will be a change in not having fidel around but they will still have power. >> patrick oppmann there in cuba is talking about the surprise people feel when he is telling them that fidel castro has passed away. at one time, castro has declared that history will absolve him. i'm wondering, do you believe his legacy in immediate days in immediate weeks here, after his death will take a different shape, as cuba evolves? after he has died. >> he is such an iconic figure, he's so controversial. he's so loved and hated at the same time, that it's difficult to predict how it will play out in the coming days. because you have those who live in the u.s. and other countries, had to leave their country that had their very painful experiences to tell. then you have people on the island who revere fidel castro. it's not going to be an seize process. they had anticipated that this would happen. and we'll see, but an important part of what cuba means to the u.s. is that once u.s. starting normali

i think raul was more progressive than fidel. d now that raul is a bit unshackled by fidel, who was probably saying to him, you can't liberalize, you can't change, that he will move in the direction of letting people be freer, or having fair elections. this is obviously in contention what i just said. but i sense something about raul that says he is going to modernize the country and that his brother was kind of holding him back. >> okay. very quickly, your take on nikki haley, trump's pick for your old position there as the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. >> well, on the good side, she's a governor. she has political stature. i think what you want in those jobs is somebody that is perceived to be close to the president. she's been an executive. the down side is, foreign policy. she has no experience. when you are u.n. ambassador, you are a member of the cabinet. you have to be in the national security meetings. she has to bone up intensively. obviously, foreign trade missions that she's taking are not going to be the norm for a u.n.

fidel castro has died. he was 90 years old. his death was announced by his brother raul on cuban state television just a few moments ago. fidel castro ruled cuba for close to 50 years, seizing power in the cuban revolution of 1959 before eventually handing over 2008. abc's jim avila has more on the life of the revolutionary figure. >> reporter: for a half century, fidel castro ruled cuba while the world changed around him. 50 years of isolation finally ended only after he left power. and only with his tacit blessing. castro remained skeptical and suspicious of the u.s. right up to his death. defiantly commenting after president obama's that cuba will never forget the bay of pigs invasion, and does not need america. his defense of his communist revolution never faltering. >> translator: i am a communist. a marxist socialist communist. i am not a afraid to say i'm a communist. >> reporter: he was born in 1926 out of wedlock to a wealthy cuban landowner and his maid. he went to catholic schools then was very good at it, and politics. he became an activist for the poor and w

fidel castro has died. he was 90 years ago old. his brother raulmiss death at 10:30 last night and said he will be cremated early this morning. >> castro death has prompted a mix of reaction in miami here, as you see here, there are smiles you see. there is also grief until other parts. celebrations erupted overnight, though in miami, where these cuban exiles view him as an enemy of cuban rights. they were popping champagne. they were cheering. waving the cuban flag. in the meantime, cuba declared nine days of mourning. and that started about a half hour ago. now world leaders are reacting to castro's death. the pressed mident of mexico tw this, fa kel castro was a friend of mexico. the president of ecuador, a great one has died. long live cuba. and i just sent a sign of solidarity for commander in the death of fidel castro. >> ileana ros-lehtinen defeated both tyrant and thug, fidel castro is dead. we must work for a cuba that is free, democratic and prosperous. >> and in cuba and the united states, with the u.s. opening of the embassy in havana.

the end of a celebration of -- events that led to the cuban revolution that raul castro announced his brother fidel castro had passed away. most cubans i'm sure there will be in the days to come a sense of organization but other than that initial announcement by raul castro we are not hearing the news reported widely here. people are stunned that perhaps the news is getting greater coverage for the moment on cnn than cuban state tv. this news, even though fidel castro was 90 years old, suffered from ill health over a decade now. so many times we heard he was on death's door or false rumors he had in fact died. tonight, the news we expected so long that fidel castro had passed away is still stunning people. we expected it. they planned for it but even for cubans i know who wish for this, now this happened there is a great sense of uncertainty. what happens next? of course fidel castro is no longer the president. he does not wield much power but he is a large symbol and of course the most famous cuban alive has passed away and somebody who had such an impact both positive and negative on so many peop

fidel? ¿puede raÚl mantener a flote ese gobierno?Últimos aÑos, incluyendo grupos conocidos como las damas de blanco y tanto que trabajan para el pueblo cubano pueda recuperar su libertad. y sufren las consecuencias mÁs horrible de las golpizas, las presiones polÍticas de este rÉgimen. uno puede preguntar, es popular, no es popular. la dictadura en chile tuvo un plebiscito, la razÓn que no tienen elecciones es que el rÉgimen sabe que perderÍa esas elecciones. presentadora: disculpe, nos tenemos que despedirse nos ha acabado el tiempo le agradecemos muchÍsimo que nos haya acompaÑado esta madrugada. >> durante dÉcadas provocÓ rumores, desatÓ especulaciones y finalmente en una forma callada, esta madrugada ya rayaba la madrugada. eran los primeros minutos del 26 de noviembre, cuando se da oficialmente la noticia. fidel castro habÍa muerto. hay que recordar que es una persona venerada por unos, odiada por muchos otros y esta figura pasar a la historia, la historia lo absorberÁ. veremos si eso va a ser cierto o no, esa informaciÓn todavÍa

el comandante en jefe de la revolucion cubana fidel castro ruz" 0'37 track con este mensaje a traves de la television cubana el actual mandatario de cuba raulo dejo saber a todos que su hermano fidel castro habria fallecido a los 90 aÑos de edad. la noticia se esparcio como polvora y enseguida le dio la vuelta al mundo. en miami donde reside la mayoria de los cubanos del exilio todos estan de fiesta. sot pilar garcia/ cubana del exilio sot enrique santos/ famoso locutor de radio de miami sot miguel saavedra/ organizacion "vigilia mambisa" track mientras tanto en la isla hay reacciones encontradas sot eliecer avila/ opositor cubano (fo06s) 0'11 yo siento que este es el primer paso de un gran cambio 0'15 sot daisy betancourt/ ciudadana cubana (fo07s) 0'23 estamos muy triste por el fallecimiento de nuestro comandante y aunque este muerto siempre va a seguir nuestro comandante" 0'28 sot fernando batista/ ciudadano cubano (fo05s) 0'14 una satisfaccion enorme, porque ese hombre es el mayor dictador que ha nacido" 0'22 tag la television cubana anuncio esta maÑana en detalle los planes para las honras funebres de castro. el gobierno decreto nueve d

fidel's brother-- raul will now lead the country. some cubans don't believe much will chage-- others say they're optomistic about the country's new direction. on the u-s's diplomacy with cuba. he could still decided not to lift the embargo with the country-- ending any possible trade. donald trump is taking a hard line on the u-s's diplomacy with cuba. he could still decided not to lift the embargo with the country-- ending any possible trade. doctors in the middle of the fight to retake mosul in iraq say they're dealing with a staggering amount of injured people. center for trauma cases at one hospital is reporting 100 to 150 patients every day. that includes military and civilians. a doctor says they don't have enough beds or medicine, and they expect things won't improve for months. the offensive to retake mosul from isis is in its second month. iraqi military leaders say progress has been slowed as they try to keep civilian casualties down. suspected bomb being planted outside a u-s embassy in the philippines. police in manila sa

rafael: me gustarÍa el mismo sistema que tenemos, de fidel y raÚl. con la muerte de fidel castro? >> nada, todo va a estar igual. nada va a cambiar. blanca: ¿quÉ le gustarÍa que cambie? >> yo estoy... en lo que sea... que sea lo que dios quiera. blanca: gilberto morales trabaÓo 20 aÑos para la seguridad del estado, y piensa igual. ¿quÉ cambios cree que habrÁ ahora que muriÓ fidel? gilberto: nada. blanco: esta era, post fidel castro, no da seÑales. maÑana con el inicio oficial de las honras fÚnebres, se podrÁ ver mÁs al pueblo que viene a darle tributo. hay que resaltar que ocurre la muer muerte 8 semanas antes de la juramentaciÓn de donald trump como presidente de estados unidos, se sigue con mucha expectativa por lo que puede ocurrir, y hay relaciones diplomÁticas entre estados unidos y cuba, es en frÁgil. es toda la informaciÓn, regresamos a los estudios. arantxa: blanca, muchas gracias por la informaciÓn. mientras la habana padece de un silencio tras la muerte de su mÁximo lÍder, el sur de la florida estÁ de fiesta desde el sÁbado, abrumadoramente

whether it be fidel or now raul. >> uh-huh.fter raul castro steps down, can you foresee a democratic cuba? >> well, that's what we'd like to see. you know, they have plans in place on the island. they were very prepared for the news that they announced today. and they have an iron fist grip on every neighborhood in that island. and they've got -- that's how they've been able to control it for over 55 years. because of this iron fist grip that they have there. so it's going to take some tough, tough policy decisions on the united states of america's part. i look forward to being part of any conversation and being helpful in any way possible because, you know, i'm the son and grandson of cuban exiles. i grew up in this community in miami listening to the stories from my grandfather and my grandmother and how they escaped the island. and escaped prison actually because they were able to get out. my grandmother's brothers, two of them were not so lucky. they were political prisoners for many years. >> it's really horrendous and hor