/tags/raul-castro raul castro en-US Copyright Sat, 26 Nov 2016 06:03:00 GMT /news-partners/npr-news/2016-11-26/former-cuban-leader-fidel-castro-dies-at-age-90 Fidel Castro took power in the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and led his country for more than four decades. Under his direction, Cuba became the one and only communist state in the Western Hemisphere. Sat, 26 Nov 2016 06:03:00 GMT /news-partners/npr-news/2016-11-26/former-cuban-leader-fidel-castro-dies-at-age-90 Tom Gjelten