Share this: Fidel Castro, Cuba’s longtime revolutionary leader and former dictator, died Friday night, according to his brother, Raul Castro, who now is the nation’s president. Raul Castro made this announcement on state-run television, via ABC News: “Today, November 25, at 10:29 p.m., the Commander in Chief of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro Ruz passed away. In compliance with the expressed will of Companion Fidel, his remains will be cremated. In the early hours of Saturday 26, the funeral organizing committee will provide our people with detailed information on the organization of the posthumous Homage to the founder of the Cuban Revolution. Ever onward to victory!” Fidel Castro, who turned 90 in August, was a noted lover of baseball, and myths that he