Fidel Castro, the former president of Cuba whose tyrannical rule drove many to flee to the United States in hopes of a better life, died over the weekend at age 90, sparking celebration by those who opposed him.
"Fidel Castro was old and in failing health, but he was also a tyrant who prohibited free speech, jailed or killed political opponents, and even abolished Christmas as a national holiday," The Washington Post reported. "So when his death was announced late Friday, those who fled Cuba for a better life in the United States saw cause for jubilation."
Here are nine photos of Cuban-Americans in Florida celebrating the dictator's death:
A person holds a poster printed by El Nuevo Herald with a headline that reads that the former Cuban President Fidel Castro is dead as they react to the news of his death outside the restaurant Versailles on November 26, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Cuban-Americans celebrate the death of Fidel Castro, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, in the Little Havana area in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
A member of the Cuban community gets out of his car and chants anti-Castro slogans as he reacts to the death of Fidel Castro, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, in the Little Havana area in Miami. His T-shirt in Spanish says: Damn Revolution. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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An effigy of former Cuban President Fidel Castro is seen on a stake as people react outside the restaurant Versailles on November 26, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Banging pots and pans and waving Cuban and American flags, members of the Cuban community react to the death of Fidel Castro, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, in the Little Havana area in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Manuel Garcia holds a sign as he joins others reacting to the news of the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro outside the restaurant Versailles on November 26, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
A member of the Cuban community celebrates the death of Fidel Castro, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2016, in the Little Havana area in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
In this Nov. 26, 2016, file photo, members of the Cuban community dance in the street as they react to the death of Fidel Castro in front of the Versailles Restaurant in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Janusz Biskupek joins Cuban Americans as they celebrate in the streets of Miami's Little Havana the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro on November 26, 2016. (Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images)
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