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- Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez honored Fidel Castro’s centenary, prompting Secretary of State Marco Rubio to denounce him as a failure who destroyed Cuba and oppressed his people.
- President Xi Jinping posted a tribute calling Castro a founder of China-Cuba ties and a champion of sovereignty and Latin American unity.
- Opposition leader María Corina Machado condemned the tribute, saying Castro imposed communism and plunged Cuba into terror.
