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Cheers in Miami, Tears in Moscow: World Reacts to Fidel Castro's Death

Flowers were laid in tribute at Cuban embassies around the world, but in Miami, Cuban leader Fidel Castro's death sparked celebrations.

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Image: People celebrate the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in Little Havana, Miami

People celebrate the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Miami's Little Havana early on Saturday, Nov. 26.

The death of Fidel Castro, one of this era's most polarizing global figures, prompted an outpouring of responses from around the world, ranging from sympathy to celebration.

— Gaston De Cardenas / Reuters
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Cuban Americans celebrate upon hearing about the death of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood on Saturday.

Castro, Cuba's socialist icon and father of his country's revolution, died on Friday at 90, after defying the U.S. during a half-century of ironclad rule and surviving the eclipse of global communism.

— Rhona Wise / AFP - Getty Images
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Women cry outside Cuba's embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule of Cuba, died at age 90.

— Natacha Pisarenko / AP
Image: The Cuban flag flies at half mast after the death of Cuba's former President Fidel Castro was announced in Havana

The Cuban flag flies at half-staff in Havana on Saturday.

Under Castro, Cuba exported revolution across Latin America and around the globe, helping to ignite civil wars whose consequences are still felt today.

— ENRIQUE DE LA OSA / Reuters
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A car drives past a poster of Cuban former president Fidel Castro reading "Socialism or death" in Havana early on Saturday.

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Cuban-Americans celebrate in Little Havana early Saturday. Castro died eight years after ill health forced him to formally hand power over to his younger brother Raul, who announced his death late Friday on state television.

— Alan Diaz / AP
Image: People celebrate after the announcement of the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, in the Little Havana district of Miami

People celebrate in Little Havana.

— Javier Galeano / Reuters
Image: A Cuban woman displays her tee shirt to the cameras after looking at tributes following the announcement of the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, at the Cuban Embassy, in central London

A Cuban woman shows off her Castro t-shirt after looking at Castro tributes at the Cuban Embassy in London.

— Neil Hall / Reuters
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Members of India's Communist Party hold a Castro remembrance rally in Chennai. 

— Arun Sankar / AFP - Getty Images
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A woman lays flowers as a tribute to Castro at the Cuban Embassy in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a telegram to Raul Castro that Fidel Castro was a sincere and reliable friend of Russia.

— Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP
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A portrait of Fidel Castro is surrounded by flowers outside Cuba's embassy in Santiago, Chile.

— Esteban Felix / AP
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Cuban-Americans react to the death of Fidel Castro in Miami's Little Havana.

— Alan Diaz / AP
Image: People celebrate after the announcement of the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in the Little Havana district of Miami

A man wearing a Donald Trump mask celebrates in Miami's Little Havana early Saturday.

VIDEO: Joy Erupts in Miami's Little Havana

PHOTOS: Scenes From the Life of Cuban Giant Fidel Castro 

— Javier Galeano / Reuters
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