HAVANA, April 19: A 57-year-old bureaucrat will take Raul Castro’s place as the president of Cuba on Thursday as a government led by a single family for six decades tries to ensure the long-term survival of one of the world’s last communist states.

SANTIAGO, CUBA, Dec 4: Fidel Castro will be laid to rest on Sunday alongside the mausoleum of Cuban independence hero Jose Marti, ensuring that the polarizing nature of Castro's life will continue in death.

LONDON, Dec 3: Muhammad Ali's fight gloves and a box of cigars signed by the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro are among some of the highlights in an auction of memorabilia steeped in sporting history.

HAVANA, Nov 30: Cuba's leftist allies joined a sprawling multitude of Cubans chanting "I am Fidel" at a rally on Tuesday to commemorate Fidel Castro, offering eulogies to the man who built a Communist state on the doorstep of the United States.

HAVANA, Nov 29:  Fidel Castro changed the flavor of the milk Cuban children drink at breakfast. He filled Cuban kitchens with energy-saving rice cookers, and he gave a two-hour lesson in their use live on national television.

KATHMANDU, Nov 28: Former Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli has expressed his condolences to Cuba’s President Raul Castro on the demise of the revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.

Named one of the 100 most influential personalities of all time by Time Magazine in 2012, Fidel Castro ruled Cuba for fifty years - as Prime Minister and later, as President - before officially handing over power to his brother Raul in 2008.

HAVANA, Nov 27: Flag-waving Cuban students broke into a mass chant of "I am Fidel" to salute Fidel Castro as nine days of mourning began for the combative Cold War icon, who dominated the Communist island's political life for generations.

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA., Nov 27: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday that his administration would "do all it can" once he takes office on Jan. 20 to help increase freedom and prosperity for Cuban people after the death of Fidel Castro.

WASHINGTON, Nov 26: US President-elect Donald Trump gave his first reaction to the death of Fidel Castro on Saturday, saying on Twitter, "Fidel Castro is dead!", without elaborating.

KATHMANDU, Nov 26: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the demise of former Cuban President Fidel Castro.

The son of a wealthy landowner, Fidel Castro turned his back on a life of privilege to lead a left-wing revolution in Cuba that endured for decades and was shaped by his political cunning, keen sense of destiny and boundless ego.

The death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro prompted celebrations among the country's exiles in Miami, and expressions of sorrow from some world leaders.

The following are some facts about former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

HAVANA, Nov 26:  Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90.