Cubans share memories of Fidel Castro as country marks his 100th birthday

Revered by some who miss him in the face of the U.S. energy blockade; blamed by others as the architect of the process that led to Cuba’s current crisis. Fidel Castro would have turned 100 this Thursday, and his long shadow continues to loom over the island.

Posters bearing his image hang in hospitals, while billboards displaying his slogans — including his widely-known “Homeland or Death” — line the streets. His presence is so familiar that many Cubans refer to him simply as Fidel.

HAVANA, Aug 13 - Cuba on Thursday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro amid one of the most severe economic and political crises in its history, exacerbated by Washington's oil embargo and hardened sanctions.

Cuba has marked Fidel Castro’s 100th birthday with a series of events this week

Fidel Castro would have turned 100 on Thursday and his influence still looms over Cuba

ONE hundred years since the birth of Fidel Castro, Cuba remains the beacon of internationalism and anti-imperialism that he helped make it. This island nation of 11 million holds out, just 90 miles from the coast of the greatest military power in world history, which has sought to bully, bomb and blockade its revolutio