10 things you need to know today: November 26, 2016

Cuba's Fidel Castro dies at 90, world reacts to Castro's death with joy and grief alike, and more

Miami residents celebrate the death of Fidel Castro
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1. Cuba's Fidel Castro dies at 90

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90, Cuban state TV announced early Saturday. Castro led Cuba as a one-party state for 49 years, helming the country's Communist movement in an effort to reduce rampant inequality. He leaves a complicated human rights legacy, including a practice of jailing political dissidents. In 2008, Castro transferred power to his brother Raul, now 85, who negotiated a thawing of diplomatic relations with the U.S. earlier this year. In April, Castro, who often criticized America, said of his brother's negotiations: "I don't trust the policy of the United States ... but this does not mean I reject a pacific solution to the conflicts."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.