Yep. You read that correctly the first time.
This is pretty surreal, seeing how the old goat would seemingly never die. Many just went ahead and assumed he was immortal after so many attempts on his life.
So what does this mean going forward in terms of Cuba's relationship with the outside world, particularly the United States? Raul Castro has been running things for a while now, so it's not like it has any impact on existing leadership. However, it's perhaps a symbolic end of an era, the Cold War one that is. The US and Cuba have already restored their long-severed ties during Obama's tenure as the POTUS. Do you think Castro's death will improve relations even more? Or do you think all those inevitable victory celebrations in south Florida will dampen them a bit? Time to bust out those Cuban cigars!