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>> A MAN CARRYING ASHES TOOK OFF
AGAIN THIS MORNING.
>> Neki: THE PROCESSION IS
CUBA.
CASTRO.
WE WILL FOLLOW IT LIVE FROM
CUBA.
>> Todd: CALVIN HUGHES JOINS US
TO BEGIN THE TEAM COVERAGE.
DEPEND MORNING, CALVIN.
>> Reporter: SANTIAGO IS THE
EPICENTER OF ALL ACTIVITY AS
THEY PREPARE FOR WORLD LEADERS
TO ATTEND THE MASS RALLY.
YOU CAN SEE THE WORK IS PICKED
UP HERE AND THE PLAIN PLAZA IN
SANTIAGO IS A BUSY PLACE AND
THEY ARE TRYING TO PICK UP THE
SPEAKER AND GETTING READY FOR
CROWD CONTROL.
IT IS SIMILAR TO THE RALLY THAT
TOOK PLACE IN HAVANA THA LATES
STED
THREE HOUR AND 45 MINUTES.
THERE WAS POLITICAL ACTIVITY TO
SHOW YOU.
HERE IN THE MAIN PLAZA.
PROTEST APPEARS TO BE PROTESTORS
THAT CARRIED SIGNS.
WE'LL LOOK AT THE CARAVAN OF
LIBERTY.
THIS IS THE VIDEO OF CASTRO'S
ASHES LOADED.
IT TOOK OFF ON THE JOURNEYY FROM
HERE AND IT WILL COME HERE TO
SANTIAGO, CUBA AND THAT IS AN
MILEJOURNEY.
AND GRANDMALWAS THE FIGHTER THAT
TRANSPORTED FIGHTERS IN 1956 FOR
THE PURPOSE P OF OVERTHROWING
THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS AS CASTRO'S REMAINS
PASSED THROUGH.
A PROVINCE WHERE CASTR WAS
FROM.
THOUSANDS LINED THE STREET AND
CHILDREN CHANTED.
AND THOSE WHO DON'T LIN THE
STREETS HAVE HAD P A PHYSICAL
PRICE.
REALLY.
THEY ARE TRYING TO GET THE STAGE
READ FOR A MAJOR SPECTAC
HOURS AWAY.
LAST-MINUTE PREPS IN SANTIAGO TO
FRIDAY.
THE STAGE IS SET.
BARRICADES IN PLACE FOR CROWD
CONTROL.
1959, HIS REVOLUTION PROMISED TO
END RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.
SANTIAGO POPULATION 80 PERCENT
AFRO CUBAN AND MANY DESCENDENTS
OF SLAVES.
MARK.
>> THERE IS NO RACE OR COLOR
FIDEL CASTRO.
AND THE CUBAN PEOPLE ARE BLACK,
WHITE AND MALADDO.
ANDY WE LOVE EACH OTHER AND
MOVED BY HIS DEATH.
PEDRAS FOUGHT ALONGSIDE THE
REBELS.
DIED.
HE IS STILL ALIVE AND THAT'S HOW
I WILL REMEMBER HIM IN MY TIME
ON EARTH.
DESPITE BEING IN FAVOR OF THE
REVOLUTION, THIS MAN COMPLAINED
ABOUT THE LACK OF HELP FROM THE
CUBAN GOVERNMENT AFTER HURRICANE
SANDIY LEFT HIS HOME IN
DISREPAIR.
SOON AFTER, LONG- TIME RESIDENTS
SHOWED US EVEN AFTER HIS DEATH,
CASTRO'S CUBA LIVES ON IN THEIR
HEARTS AND MINDS.
NOW, LOOKING AHEAD.
FIDEL CASTRO WILL BE UNTERNED
AND THE ASHES WILL BE IN THE
CEMETERY NOT FAR FROM HERE.
LONG WAY FROM HAVANA BUT CLOSE
TO CASTRO'S ROOTS AND ANOTHER
FREEDOM FIGHTER WHO WAS BURIED
UNDER A LARGE MAOS LEM.
MOST FROM LATIN AMERICAN HEADS
OF STATE THERE.
ALSO KING JUAN CARLOS AND
HAND.
IT WOULD BE A RARE APPEARANCE.
SOME OF HIS CHILDREN WILL BE ON
HAND.
DANNIY GLOVER WHO WILL HERE.
JUNEITA CASTRO WILL NOT BE IN
FUNERAL.
I SPOKE THERE ARE REPORTS THAT
PEOPLE WHO DON'T ATTEND THE
RALLY AND LINE THE STREETS AND
MOURN THE DEATH OF FIDEL CASTRO
PAID A PHYSICAL PRICE.
>> PEOPLE ARE FALLING IN LINE
FOR WHAT THEY ARE ARE EXPECTED
TO DO FOR REVOLUTION.
THAT IS NOT A SURPRISE.
THERE IS A CONTINGENT O
DISIDDENTS ARE LAYING LOW.
SPECIFICILY THE LADIES IN WHITE.
THEY DON'T WANT THE CUBAN
GOVERNMENT TO HAVE A REASON TO
BE A BACK LASH OR MOR
AGGRESSIVE TOWARDTHEM.
MOMENTS AFTER WE CONNECTED WITH
RAPH A, L IN A PUBLIC PARK.
[SPEAKING SPANISH].
THREE DAYS AGO, A KNOWN POLICE
OFFICIAL CAME TO MY HOUSE AND
BEAT ME NOTHING HAS CHANGED AND
THINGS ARE WORSE.
MOLINA SAID HE WAS DETAINED 40
TIMES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS AND
WORKING WITH A GOVERNMENT
OPPOSITION CALLED CUBAN
PATRIOTIC UNION.
WEE RECOUNTED OUR CONVERSATIONS
WITH CUBAN CITIZENS WHO FEEL
FREE AND PROTECTED BY REVOLUTION
WILL.
[SPEAKING SPANISH].
IN IT REALITY THEY DON'T KNOW
THE CONUPON CENT OF LIBERTY SAID
MOLINA.
THEY LIVE IN CONFORMITY BECAUSE
THAT IS WHAT THEY KNOW AND
IMPOSED ON THEM.
POLICE HAVE INCREASED
SURVEILLANCE ON THEM IN THE WEEK
OF TRIBUTES TO FIDEL CASTRO AND
CROSS COUNTRY PROCESSION
SANTIAGO.
[SPEAKING SPANISH].
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD
RESPECT A MAN WHO DOESN'T
PEOPLE.
SOMEONE WHO PLAYED WITH THE
SENTIMENT OF HIS PEOPLE.
IT WAS INTERESTING.
THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT TO BE BE
SECRET.
OBVIOUSLY WE WERE OUT IN PUBLIC
AND SIGNS THAT PEOPLE TRIED TO
RUIN THE INTERVIEW AND
HARRASSMENT, BUT NO ONE FROM THE
GOVERNMENT OR OTHERWISE SAY WE
COULD NOT DO THIS INTERVIEW.
>> Reporter: YOU HAD TO GO TO
HIS HOME TO SPEAK WITH HIM.
>> WE CALLED HIM AND MET HIM IN
A PUBLIC PARK AND THERE WERE
SECURITY.
AND SOON AS WE TOOK OUT THE MIKE
AND CAMERA, THEY SAID YOU ARE
NOT PERMITTED TO DO IT HERE.
WE WENT OUT OF THE PARK TO DO
IT.
>>> IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE
MASS RALLY IN HAVANA.
MANY OF THEM MAY HAVE BEEN THERE
BECAUSE OF FORCE.
>> WE MET BOTH OF THESE, YEAH.
>> Reporter: GLENNA AND I AM
CALVIN YOU HUGHES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO REPORTING THE
EVENTS HERE IN SANTIAGO, CUBA.
WE'LL HAVE THE MASS RALLY
TONIGHT AND THEN FUNERAL.
NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING FOR
CUBA ENDS TOMORROW AT NOON.
>> Neki: WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR
REPORTS LATER TODAY.
>> Todd: STAY WITH LOCAL TEN FOR
FROM CUBA.