PHILADELPHIA (CNN)-- Fidel Castro's remains were laid to rest Sunday morning in a private ceremony in Santiago de Cuba, the city where he launched his communist revolution, Cuban officials told CNN.

Fidel Castro famously micromanaged everything in Cuba — from sugarcane production to elementary school textbooks — so it’s no surprise that before he died, he dictated precisely what would happen at ...

The burial of Fidel Castro’s remains this morning, in Cuba’s second city of Santiago, at the far end of the island from Havana, is a symbolic homecoming for the late revolutionary leader. Santiago is ...

Adonais Vera Suarez never wanted this moment to arrive. On November 25, the 28-year-old customs officer was watching television when her soap opera was interrupted by an announcement from President ...

Fidel Castro’s funeral procession reached its final destination Saturday — the city where the Cuban revolution began. The cremated remains of the socialist leader made their way across the island ...

The official guest list goes on for 20 pages, with a varied group of VIPs such as former Spanish King Juan Carlos I, a vice president of the North Korean worker’s party and left-leaning actor Danny ...

They came to Cuba for an education, plus some fun and games, but got a state funeral instead. Some of the Americans touring Cuba when Fidel Castro died on Friday at age 90 feared there might be civil ...

Fidel Castro, Cuba’s longtime leader, died on November 25. His funeral took place in Santiago de Cuba on December 4 after a four-day procession through his island nation. National Geographic ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ruled out attending the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro's funeral, as the U.S. president and other world leaders ponder whether to send delegations to the upcoming ...

President Obama and Vice President Biden will not attend the funeral of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the White House said Monday. White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters to “stay ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SANTIAGO, Cuba – Fidel Castro’s remains were ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SANTIAGO, Cuba – Fidel Castro’s remains were ...