Fidel Castro: End of an era

Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90.

Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his fifty year rule, has died at age 90 on Friday.(File|AP) 

Photo taken in the 60s of Fidel Castro, then Cuban Prime Minister (R) while talking with Argentine guerrilla leader Ernesto Che Guevara. (AFP)

In in this Feb. 6, 1959 file photo, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro speaks to a crowd during his triumphant march to Havana after the fall of the Batista regime.(AP)

Cubans crowd outside the U.S. embassy in hopes of getting visas after President Fidel Castro ordered the U.S. embassy to reduce its staff to 12 officials within 48 hours, in Havana.(PTI)

Fidel Castro (C, shirtless) as he holds a meeting with peasants and militiamen, during the days of the agrarian reform in May 1959 in which he expropiated land to big landowners.(File |AFP)

In this May 1, 1963 file photo, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, left, and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev clasp hands at the Lenin mausoleum in Moscow's Red Square on May Day in Moscow, Russia.(File|AP)

Cuba's Fidel Castro speaks to supporters at the Batista military base 'Columbia,' now known as Ciudad Libertad, in Cuba.(PTI)

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi (left) greets Cuban President Fidel Castro .(File | PTI )

In a file photo Cuban President Fidel Castro gestures during a three-hour speech in Havana, Cuba.(File | AP)

Fidel Castro sits as he clasps hands with his brother, Cuban President Raul Castro, right, and second secretary of the Central Committee, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, moments.(File | AP)

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro meeting Russian President in Havana.(File| PTI)

Fidel Castro, left, raises his brother's hand, Cuba's President Raul Castro, center, as they sing the anthem of international socialism during the 6th Communist Party Congress in Havana, Cuba. (AP)