i cannot come with them than to live here under this dictatorship. i understand what he is saying. thinking about the people, the exile in miami who died waiting for this moment. and the assumption up until the i want to say the 90s was that if fidel died the cuban regime, the cuban government was going to change. it is not very clear to me that that s going to happen any more because the plan to keep the same political system in place is well underway. and as we pointed out in our correspondents have covered this, we are now looking at a population that frankly is excited i can find a wi-fi connection, now perhaps i can get a better food. thiss situation for many people living there. we have to also think beyond cuba. the influence that fidel castro had on the latin american left is just impossible to describe. just in the last 20 years, for example, can you think about somebody like hugo chavez in
november 26th. that is new information from the present leader of cuba. looks like cuban authorities, patrick, ready move quickly on this. oh, absolutely. they have had many occasions over the years. even when fidel castro fell ill, he was on death s door. he said he did not expect to survive this long. it was not his wish. some of his last appearances he said he did not expect to live much longer but he had an appearance where he met the president of vietnam. in recent months you would see world leaders come and visit. heavily guarded area. recently we saw leaders coming to meet and talk to him. he couldn t stand at that point. he was fairly clear. he would engage in lengthy
this is perhaps the end of the transition for the fidel castro era to the raul castro era. now in the final year of his presidency, raul castro said he will begin to turn it over to the next generation. that will be tricky because raul castro is part of the revolutionary generation. he fought with fidel castro. it was ease is i for him to succeed in that sense he was always his most trusted aide and ally. sometimes when he only had a handful of people following him. kals stroe was always there. the generation that follows will be trickier. they are not revolutionaries, not people that fought in the cuban revolution and winning the trust and respect of people will be much more difficult for them. backing up to the news that fidel castro will be cremated, i think that is interesting. we have always wondered what was going to happen. will he be like lennon or other
venezuela rising to power without the influence of fidel casse throw. morales, churchner. the moving to the left in latin america in the last 20 years was due to castro and it was fidel and his brother raoul right there to help him along the way. we are following the breaking news, the death of fidel castro here on cnn. we ll be right back. we live in a pick and choose world. love or like?
but his image and importance slowly faded. castro insisted death was not something he feared. i ve never been afraid of death. i was never concerned about death. the latter statement seems ironic coming from a man who single handedly dictated over cuba for nearly a half century. let s bring in cnn dallas correspondent ed lavandera. i know you spoke to people to get reaction and thoughts about the present leadership and the figure always in the shadow of fidel castro. what do you expect the reaction