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Fidel Castro's communist revolution in Cuba illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

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FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2016 file photo, a soldier of the Revolutionary Armed Forces stands guard next to the tomb of Cuba's late leader Fidel Castro at Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago, Cuba. Fidel's brother Raul must manage economic and diplomatic challenges during his last full year as president without his older brother whose presence endowed the system he created with historical weight and credibility in the eyes of many Cubans. Fidel died in November at age 90. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

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Illustration on the liberal plaudits for Fidel Castro by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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This Nov. 27, 2016 photo shows tour guide Jorge Garcia, outside a shack used by Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra mountains near La Plata, Cuba. Castro launched his guerrilla war 60 years ago from a jungle command center in this area. Hikers on a tour of Castro's footsteps heard the news of his death via a crackling two-way radio, their sole link to the outside world. (AP Photo/Karin Laub)

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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 1959 file photo, supporters of rebel leader Fidel Castro carry a painting of their hero during a welcome rally along the Malecon in Havana, Cuba, after Castro toppled dictator Fulgencio Batista and makes his way from Santiago in a victory tour. As Castro’s remains are prepared for the return to Santiago, the state is rekindling images of a younger Castro whose legacy they vow to keep alive. The signs says in Spanish "Long live Fidel!" Castro died on Nov. 25, 2016 at age 90. (AP Photo, File)

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A caricature depicting Cuba's late leader Fidel Castro is surrounded by flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Cuban embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule of Cuba, died late Friday at age 90. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

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A woman walks past a photo of the late Fidel Castro at a memorial to honor him in Guanabacoa on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, Monday, Nov. 28, 2016. Tribute sites are set up in hundreds of places across the country to bid farewell Castro, who died on Nov. 25 at age 90. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Cuban leader Fidel Castro, left, and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev hug at the United Nations in late 1960. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

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This May 17, 2015 photo shows the El Floridita bar decorated with a statue of writer Ernest Hemingway, also pictured on the wall in a photo with Fidel Castro, in Old Havana, Cuba. For a drinking tour, consider Ernest Hemingway’s advice: "My mojito in La Bodeguita, my daiquiri in El Floridita.” (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)

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epa01260186 (FILES) File photo dated 08 January 1959 of Fidel Castro (C) as he celebrates the victory of Cuban Revolutionary Movement over Fulgencio Batista's regime. Cuban President, Fidel Castro, announced on 19 February 2008 he renounced his presidency and military leadership of Cuba. European Commission has reiterated on Tuesday its offer of 'striking up a constructive political dialogue which is aimed at the Cuba's democratization. EPA/- EDITORIAL USE ONLY

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Cuban leader Fidel Castro stands in silence as he pays his respects at a statue of fellow communist revolutionary Mao Tse-tung, in Mao's mausoleum in Beijing's Tiananmen Square Saturday, December 2, 1995. After presenting a wreath Castro viewed Mao's preserved body which is permanently on display in the mausoleum. (AP Photo/Greg Baker)

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Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, left, and Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos, right, smile with American Joe Louis between them, in the "sky room" of the Havana Hilton where New Years festivities were underway, Dec. 31, 1959. (AP Photo)

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A woman shows a book by Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez for sale next to a book by Fidel Castro at a state-run bookstore in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Garcia Marquez, who died at his home in Mexico City on Thursday, became a hero to the Latin American left as an early ally of Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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FILE - In this Nov. 26, 2002 file photo, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, and Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez check their watches during the inauguration of the first Cuban National Olympic games at Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba. Marquez died Thursday April 17, 2014 at his home in Mexico City.(AP Photo/Jose Goitia, File)

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In this Feb. 17, 2014 photo, Rene Gonzalez, the “Cuban Five," poses for a portrait under a framed picture of Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba. Gonzalez was an unknown young pilot in 1990 when he pretended to steal a crop duster in Cuba and flew to Florida, using cover as a Cuban defector to spy on targets in the United States. The Cuba Five refers to intelligence agents in the employ of Fidel Castro's Cuba, they were arrested in the United States in 1998 and given terms ranging from 15 years to consecutive life sentences on charges including conspiracy and failure to register as foreign agents. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)