State-run newspapers, television and radio were running wall-to-wall tributes to Fidel Castro after his death on Friday night, broadcasting non-stop footage of his speeches, interviews and foreign trips, interspersed with adulatory remembrances by prominent Cubans.

On the otherside, Cuban-Americans who has loathed Fidel Castro, celebrated tirelessly on Sunday to mark his death, dancing, singing and honking car horns for the second full day.

“There’s a genuine feeling of mourning, that’s not a formality, that’s not showy, that’s not outward-focused, but rather completely intimate,” former National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon said on state television.

"I'm not tired of celebrating because I can't believe it. I never thought that this moment would arrive," said a woman named Delsy.

“It’s a terrible sadness. Everyone’s feeling it here,” said Orlando Alvarez, a 55-year-old jeweler. “Everyone will be there.”

"The tyrant is dead but the tyranny continues," said activist Orlando Gutierrez of the Cuban Resistance Assembly.

"Now we Cubans have hope that without Fidel, communism will fall, and if God allows it, we can return to our free country," said Vicente Abrez, 65.

“We’re not going to have a unilateral deal coming from Cuba back to the United States without some changes in their government,” Reince Priebus, Mr. Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff said. “Repression, open markets, freedom of religion, political prisoners—these things need to change in order to have open and free relationships, and that’s what president-elect Trump believes, and that’s where he’s going to head.”

By Premji