The Wire

Fidel Castro’s death has reignited the polarising debate about whether he is a hero or a villain.

Across Cuba, thousands of mourners have taken to the streets to commemorate a life marked by struggle – first, against Batiste and then the Western world in the face of trade embargoes and cold war tensions.

World leaders have reacted with condemnation, damning Castro as a dictator who brutally oppressed his people. Castro famously said that history would absolve him, but how will he really be remembered?