President Barack Obama reached out to the Cuban people following the news of the death of Fidel Castro to offer his condolences and let them know he will continue his effort to normalize relations with the country.
Fidel Castro Dies at 90
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FILE - In a Sept. 20, 1960 file photo, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, left, and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev hug at the United Nations.
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This combo of three file photos shows Fidel Castro, from left; smoking a cigar in Havana, Cuba, April 29, 1961; speaking to the media while on a mission to collect Elian Gonzales in Washington, D.C., April 6, 2000; and at his Havana home on Feb. 13, 2016.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro attends a conference on terrorism in Havana's convention centre June 3, 2005.
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Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, son of Cuba's former President Fidel Castro and senior researcher and professor of the Cuban Academy of Sciences meets his mother, Mirta Diaz-Balart, during the opening session of a scientific seminar in Havana, Nov. 14, 2008.