Cuba will prohibit naming public institutions after Fidel Castro, and statues of him will also be barred, in keeping with his wishes, said his brother, President Raúl Castro yesterday. "The leader of the revolution rejected any manifestation of a cult of personality,” Raúl Castro told a crowd gathered before the elder Castro's funereal, "and was consistent in that through the last hours of his life, insisting that, once dead, his name and likeness would never be used on institutions, streets, parks or other public sites, and that busts, statues or other forms of tribute would never be erected," reports the
Fidel interred quietly in Santiago (Dec. 5, 2016)
Fidel interred quietly in Santiago (Dec. 5…
Fidel interred quietly in Santiago (Dec. 5, 2016)
Cuba will prohibit naming public institutions after Fidel Castro, and statues of him will also be barred, in keeping with his wishes, said his brother, President Raúl Castro yesterday. "The leader of the revolution rejected any manifestation of a cult of personality,” Raúl Castro told a crowd gathered before the elder Castro's funereal, "and was consistent in that through the last hours of his life, insisting that, once dead, his name and likeness would never be used on institutions, streets, parks or other public sites, and that busts, statues or other forms of tribute would never be erected," reports the