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In September 2011, it was claimed that a Venezuelan reporter had interviewed Castro, but independent media have not confirmed that this was not actually a doppelganger standing in for the long-deceased Castro. | In September 2011, it was claimed that a Venezuelan reporter had interviewed Castro, but independent media have not confirmed that this was not actually a doppelganger standing in for the long-deceased Castro. | ||
In February | In February 2013, Castro allegedly addressed Cuba's National Assembly, giving support for younger leadership in Cuba. The National Assembly went on to re-elect Castro’s 82-year-old brother Raul. | ||
He last made a public appearance in August 2016 after his 90th birthday, thanking his supporters and criticizing US President Obama for not apologizing to Japan after visiting Hiroshima. On November 25, 2016, Cuba finally confirmed what the rest of the world suspected for over a decade and announced the death of Castro, although the cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Exiled Cubans and Cuban-Americans celebrated the news of the revelation of Castro's death upon hearing about it. Ironically, given his long-lived fight against Capitalism, his announced death occurred on Black Friday. | |||
Reaction over his death was divided. Some gave more positive responses to his legacy in his fight against capitalism and imperalismwhile others pointed out his numerous human rights violations | |||
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*The CIA has made over 600 assassination attempts targeting him, including poisoning his cigars with Botulinum toxin, a TB-contaminated scuba diving suit, exploding cigars, a booby-trap conch shell in the bottom of the ocean, a ballpoint pen containing a needle with a lethal concoction, hiring the Mafia to poison his ice cream (the closest they came to killing him), spraying his broadcasting studio with hallucinogens, as well as getting femme fatale contract agents, although this later backfired. They also tried to lace his shoes with thallium salts, which would make his beard fall out. In fact, he once remarked "If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal." | *The CIA has made over 600 assassination attempts targeting him, including poisoning his cigars with Botulinum toxin, a TB-contaminated scuba diving suit, exploding cigars, a booby-trap conch shell in the bottom of the ocean, a ballpoint pen containing a needle with a lethal concoction, hiring the Mafia to poison his ice cream (the closest they came to killing him), spraying his broadcasting studio with hallucinogens, as well as getting femme fatale contract agents, although this later backfired. They also tried to lace his shoes with thallium salts, which would make his beard fall out. In fact, he once remarked "If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal." |