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ksazma posted:

Castro was reportedly cremated about a week ago with his ashes being at his funeral. How common or uncommon is that? I am leaning to believe that there were no ashes in that box. Maybe his body was flown to Russia. I didn't follow this week of observation but saw on the news this morning that only a state camera was allowed at the burial.

Making unsubstantiated guesses and assumptions will not profit you. Fidel died Friday November 25 and was cremated 2 days later, on Sunday November 27. His ashes left Havana the next day for a 1,000 kilometer journey to Santiago de Cuba. His funeral cortege stopped at a few cities in between, according to prior arrangements.

It is an open secret that Fidel had planned his own funeral in detail some while back. He himself had chosen that rock and the spot where it should be placed in that cemetery. I know these things because I devote a lot of time and energy reading about Castro and Cuba.

It's not uncommon for socialists to be cremated. Way back in 1895 Karl Marx's best friend Frederick Engels was cremated. So was Cheddi Jagan, a diehard Marxist-Leninist.

FM
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