Fidel Castro dead aged 90

Fidel Castro has died aged 90, eight years after he handed power over to his brother Raul.

Fidel’s record includes:

• Around 15,000 executions of political opponents
• 1.2 million Cuba exiles fleeing his paradise from 1959 to 1993
• Torture of prisoners
• Bottom ranked country in the press freedom index
• No independent trade unions and no right to strike