In Pictures: Cuba's Fidel Castro through the years

Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied US efforts to topple him, died late Friday (Nov 25) in Havana. He was 90.

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Nov 26, 2016, 03:41 PM

This handout picture by the Consejo de Estado was taken on January 8, 1959 and shows Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) delivering a speech next to Camilo Cienfuegos (R) and Ernesto Che Guevara (L) in Havana. PHOTO: AFP

Then Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro (left) lighting a cigar while listenening to Argentine guerrilla leader Ernesto Che Guevara in the 1960s. PHOTO: AFP

Then Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro (right) during a meeting next to Argentine guerrilla leader Ernesto Che Guevara in the 1960s. PHOTO: AFP

Then Cuban President Fidel Castro addresses the audience as president of the Non-Aligned Movement at the United Nations in New York on Oct 12, 1979. PHOTO: REUTERS

Then Cuban President Fidel Castro saluting journalists as he speaks with them on Oct 12, 1995. PHOTO: AFP

Pope John Paul II greeting then Cuban leader Fidel Castro (right) at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana on Jan 25, 1998. PHOTO: AFP

Then Cuban president Fidel Castro trying on a pair of sunglasses as he talks to the media in Havana on November 16, 1999. PHOTO: AFP

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro (left) talking with his brother and Army Minister Raul during an ordinary session of the National Assembly of the Popular Party, in the Havana Convention Center on July 1, 2004. PHOTO: EPA

Pope Benedict XVI meets former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana on March 28, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro during a public event in Havana, Cuba, on Feb 3, 2012. PHOTO: EPA

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