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Democracy. we are not betting on building a dictatorship neither overt nor covert. changes will be profound. but they will adhere to the legal order that is established. >> and all this taking place at the epicenter of obradors support, zocalo square. thats where our patrick op. mann filed his report. >> reporter: mexicans are celebrating what many called a revolution for this country. you see people pouring into the square behind me to celebrate an event they never thought would take place. the...

Patrick, i want to ask you in your opinion -- i want to tap in to your knowledge about cubans and cuba. is the grip of raul castro on the cuban government fragile? is it vulnerable? >> no, it does not appear to be. an example, you mentioned where you had raul castro taking a different path in engaging with the united states than his brother and fidel castro criticized him, krit sided the policy openly but that didnt change the engagement. raul castro has had ten years to consolidate his power. h...

Is one of those moments that you remember. >> a history to himself. whatever you think of the man he represents a half century if not more of history. its cuba and the u.s., the rest of the world. influence over latin american leaders. we will break down this here on cnn. we will look at his influence and legacy. patrick has been talking about that a lot. patrick, you are standing by and will be with us for the foreseeable hours. for now look at the role of the army. it has had a big role since ...

Brother fidel. he said dear people of cuba with profound pain i have to inform you and our friends of america and to the world that november 25th, 2016 at 10:29 in the evening the commander and leader 0 the cuban revolution fidel castro died following explicit desires of leader fidel his remains will be cremated in the early hours of tomorrow, saturday 26th of november. the organizing commissioner of the funerals will give detailed information about the organization of the. >> patrick is live wi...

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 deaths 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...

His death and plots over the years that he said the day i die nobody will believe it. to a surgeon degree thats the reaction here. people have been told so long that fidel was on deaths door, that he wouldnt last much longer. he always seemed to just survive. he was a great survivor, as many referred to him and he seemed to endure. now that his life has ended at the age of 90 theres something of a stunned silence, a hush over the city of what vab that. it is late here. many cubans will wake up w...

Cuba. he has been criticized for oppressing human rights and freedom of speech. during his reign, thousands of cubans fled for the united states. health problems forced him to resign the presidency in 2008. he named his brother raul as his successor back then. raul has been running the country for ten years. as our correspondent was telling us, its been a fairly smooth transition because fidel castro wasnt running the country anymore. >> right. cnn has team coverage this hour. we have our dedica...