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Jokowi sends condolences to Cubans following Castro’s death
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A black and white image of Fidel Castro is propped up against a wall in an apartment building undergoing renovations in Old Havana, Cuba, last year. (AP/Ramon Espinosa)
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ndonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo sent his condolences over the death of former Cuban president Fidel Castro via his official Twitter account on Sunday.
“My condolences to the government and the people of Cuba for the passing of Y. M. [His Excellency] Fidel Castro, former Cuban president, on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016-Jkw,” the president wrote on his Twitter. “Jkw” is the President’s initials.
Castro, who retired from the political world in 2008, died at the age of 90 on Friday evening Cuban time, or Saturday Indonesian time. His brother, Raul Castro, took over his position in 2006.
Castro was famous for leading a rebel army to an improbable victory in Cuba, embracing Soviet-style communism and defying the power of 10 US presidents during his half-century rule.
With a shaking voice, his younger brother, Raul Castro, announced on state television that his brother died at 10:29 p.m. on Friday night, the Associated Press reported.
Earlier on Sunday morning, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry expressed its deep condolences over the passing of Castro on Friday night.
"Indonesia prays for the family, the government and the people of Cuba to be given strength on the passing away of the honorable Fidel Castro,” the ministry’s spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir said in a statement on Sunday as quoted by kompas.com. (evi)
