Fidel Castro's funeral begins in Cuba

December 04, 2016 18:05

The ashes of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro were taken today to be laid to rest at a cemetery in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba.

Capping a week of tributes and mass rallies for the former president who died at age 90, a jeep carrying the cedar urn with his remains entered the Santa Ifigenia cemetery as a crowd chanted 'viva Fidel!'

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