WASHINGTON —
Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro, who led the country for nearly 50 years, died late Friday in Havana. He was 90.
On Saturday, members of Congress and the vice president-elect shared their thoughts on the Cuban dictator -- from hope for the future to the sacrifices of the Cuban people -- on Twitter.
Despite attempts on his life, a U.S.-backed exile invasion at the Bay of Pigs and five decades of economic sanctions, Castro outlasted nine U.S. presidents, from Dwight Eisenhower to Bill Clinton, stepping down while George W. Bush was in office.
