PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD
TRUMP IS HOLDING A RALLY TODAY.
ALSO IT'S BEING REPORTED THAT
JAMES MATTIS IS BEING CHOSEN
FOR HIS CABINET.
WE HAVE A NEW REPORT FROM
CUBA.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ELLIOT.
Reporter: NICE TO SPEAK TO
YOU, SANTIAGO IS THE SECOND
LARGEST CITY IN CUBA.
THIS IS THE BIRTH PLACE OF
FIDEL CASTRO'S REVOLUTION AND
THIS IS WHERE A CHAPTER OF
CUBAN HISTORY WILL COME TO AN
END.
THERE IS A CARAVAN COMING OUR
DIRECTION.
IT'S CARRYING FIDEL CASTRO'S
ASHES.
IT MADE A STOP IN THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARA AND IT STOOPED AT
OTHER CITIES ALONG THE WAY
GIVING SUPPORTERS TO SAY GOOD
BY TO A MAN THAT CHANGED THE
HISTORY OF THIS COUNTRY.
IN THE RURAL CENTER OF CUBA,
CREWS ARE PAINTING HOMES BEFORE
THE CARAVAN WITH THE ASHES OF
FIDEL CASTRO PASSES BY.
THESE WORKERS SAID THEY ARE IN
MOURNING FOR THEIR COMMANDER IN
CHIEF WHO THEY BELIEVE WAS A
CHAMPION OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
COUNTRY SIDE.
WHEN IT CARAVAN COMES BY,
IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO
WATCH.
HE WAS THE FATHER OF US ALL.
I FEEL THE PAIN.
I FEEL SAD TO HAVE LOST HIM.
I AM DOING MY BEST TO ACCEPT IT
BUT IT'S NOT EASY.
WE HAVE LOST A GREAT MAN.
Reporter: THE CARAVAN WILL
CROSS THE ISLAND ON CUBA'S
CENTRAL HIGHWAY, RETRACING THE
PATH HE TOOK WHEN HE WENT FROM
SANTIAGO TO HAVANA.
WE ARE GOING IN A 1985 RUSSIAN
SEDAN.
THE SAME TYPE OF LIMO USED BY
FIDEL CASTRO IN THE 1980s.
OUR JOURNEY ENDED IN THE SECOND
LARGEST CITY IN CUBA WHERE
FIDEL CASTRO BEGAN HIS
REVOLUTION WITH AN ATTACK ON AN
ARMY BARRACKS.
THIS IS WHERE HIS JOURNEY WILL
END.
NOW THERE IS AN OFFICIAL NINE
DAYS OF MOURNING WHICH ENDS
SUNDAY WHEN THE FUNERAL TAKES
PLACE.
THAT'S WHEN FIDEL CASTRO ASHES
WILL BE BURIED HERE.
WE HAVE BEEN TALK BEING TO A
LOT OF PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY IN
THE COUNTRY SIDE AS WE WERE
MAKING OUR WAY THIS WAY, THEY
ARE GLUED TO THE TELEVISION.
ESPECIALLY THE OLDER
GENERATION.
THE JUNKER GENERATION IS GOING
ABOUT WITH THEIR LIVES.
THERE IS NO MUSIC BEING PLAYED
IN CUBA, NO ALCOHOL IS BEING
SOLD.
VISITORS ARE HAVING TO ADJUST
THEIR TRIPS.
WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT AT
6:00.
FOR NOW, THIS IS CBS 4 MIAMI.
ELLIOT, IS THIS THE FIRST
TIME THAT YOU HAVE SEEN THE
COUNTRY THIS WAY, DRIVING
THROUGH THIS KIN SIDE IN THAT
SEDAN?
-- COUNTRY SIDE IN THAT SEDAN
SEDAN?
Reporter: WHEN WE FIRST GOT
HERE, WE THOUGHT WE COULD FLY,
BUT ALL OF THE FLIGHTS WERE
BOOKED.
SO WE SAID, LETS GET A CAB.
THERE IS TO MUCH MEDIA WE
COULDN'T.
SO WE GOT A 1985 RUSSIAN LIMO
WITH A DRIVER THAT DID A GREAT
JOB.
HIS SON LIVES IN MIAMI.
WE WERE TALKING ALONG THE WAY,
IT'S A DIFFICULT JOURNEY AND
IT'S ALONG THE SAFETY PATH THAT
FIDEL CASTRO TOOK WHEN THE
REVOLUTION HAPPENED IN 1959.
THANK YOU, WE WILL SEE YOU
THIS A BIT.