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Cuba Says Goodbye To Fidel Castro

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The funeral procession carrying the ashes of Fidel Castro leaves the town of Santa Clara, Cuba, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. (Desmond Boylan/AP)
The funeral procession carrying the ashes of Fidel Castro leaves the town of Santa Clara, Cuba, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. (Desmond Boylan/AP)

Fidel Castro, the long-time leader of Cuba, died one week ago today. His four-day funeral procession ends Sunday in Santiago de Cuba, where his ashes will be interred.

For more on the reaction on the ground, Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with NPR international correspondent Carrie Kahn (@ckahn), who is in Havana.

This segment aired on December 2, 2016.

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