Complete Schedule for Funeral Rites of Fidel Castro in Cuba

[flamingdem]

http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=122345




HAVANA TIMES – The Cuban government has decreed nine days of official mourning over the death of former President Fidel Castro. During this period, the flags will wave at half-mast, there will be no public activities or shows and all radio and television will maintain “an informative, patriotic and historical programming.”

The following is the schedule of funeral rites for the revolutionary leader, who died on Friday, November 25th at age 90:

– November 28 and 29: Castro’s remains will be present at the José Martí Memorial in Havana, where Cubans can say goodbye to him.

– November 29: A mass gathering in his honor will take place in the Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana.


– November 30 – December 3: the casket with the ashes of Castro will be transported in a caravan that will travel the country over four days along 900 kilometers, from Havana to Santiago de Cuba. “The itinerary recalls The Freedom Caravan in January 1959” from Santiago to Havana, only in reverse.

– December 3: A mass gathering at 19:00 local time (00:00 GMT) will take place in the Plaza Antonio Maceo of Santiago de Cuba.

– December 4: Burial at 07:00 local time (12:00 GMT) at the cemetery of Santa Ifigenia in Santiago de Cuba, where Cuban national hero Jose Marti (1853-1895) is also buried.

[MADem]

1. You WILL mourn.....OR ELSE!!!!!!!!!

Imagine having nothing to do but watch funeral programming for over a week for Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Trump?

"Pull down the curtains, Gloria, let's watch a DVD!"

He's smart to be cremated, though--no waxen body left for some other personality cultist to defile or mock in future years.

[flamingdem]

2. Yup, musicians are out of work for the next week

I think most of the hate for Fidel is reserved for Miami. He's seen more as a Cuban and a nationalist than a dictator. In my experience he's not that relevant anymore and the older Cubans respect him even if they also dislike him. Many are Fidelistas especially outside of Havana.

[MADem]

3. I think, though, if we were forced to endure nothing but ALL DICTATOR, ALL THE TIME

for over a week that we'd be tearing our hair out.


It's kind of pointless to "hate" him, he's been non compos mentis for many years now--it's why you never have seen recent (like, when Chavez was being propped up) moving images of him with sound, and most pictures have been stills.

However, he was no prince--he didn't trust his own people enough to let them make decisions about their future. A "Father Knows Best" dictator is still a dictator.

[flamingdem]

4. He spoke at the party congress in April

It's on video. He was frail.

Cuba is a special case imo. I have total sympathy with the Cubans for the centuries of abuse from their northern neighbor.

Fidel existed for a reason, the Cuban people needed someone to stand up for them. Their suffering was enormous and the US was exploiting them.

I think a balanced view is needed here, at least he was a strong man with a brain as opposed to the one who will now be exploiting us (and Cuba if he gets the chance).

[Judi Lynn]

5. I appreciate this post. Thank you.

On edit:

I forgot to mention that Fidel Castro remained very handsome as an old man, and from what I've read, he remained very alert, very capable mentally throughout.

US political figures who spoke with him in their trips to Cuba said that he was extraordinarily bright.

He had a deeply important life for Cubans.