Cubans bid farewell to revolution hero Valdes (opens in new tab)

Valdes was one of the last remaining survivors, along with Castro, of the Granma expedition of 1956, when Fidel and Raul Castro and other exiled rebels sailed from Mexico to Cuba to overthrow US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista. Valdes died on Sunday at the age of 94. Raul Castro, 95, who was recently indicted by the United States over the 1996 downing of two civilian planes, led an honor guard at a memorial service for Valdes at the ministry of the armed forces in Havana. Thousands of Cuban...