HAVANA
There
will be no Fidel Castro streets or plazas in Cuba, in keeping with the
late revolutionary leader's wishes, as spelled out in a law Cuban
legislators passed on Tuesday.
President
Raul Castro, 85, said that before dying at the age of 90 on November
25, his brother Fidel had requested that no monuments or statues be
erected in his honour, and that no streets or buildings be named after
him.
Lawmakers adopted the bill implementing his wish unanimously on Tuesday.
While
he was an omnipresent figure in the lives of Cubans after taking power
in 1959, Fidel Castro always opposed the erection of statues in his
likeness. No streets or buildings are named after him in the
Communist-led Caribbean country.
He also decreed that his name and image not be used for commercial or advertising purposes.
However, he did make an exception that would
allow artists to use his name, people to cite it at political rallies
and workplaces, and for a research institute on his role in history to
bear his name.
Official media reports did not immediately make clear what penalties those breaking the law would face.
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