Social media captures Miami celebrating after Fidel Castro's death

For many Cuban Americans, the news of Fidel Castro's death brings closure to a long and troubled history.

The revolutionary guerrilla and former president died aged 90, as announced by his brother on state television late Friday.

Shortly after the news, Miami's Little Havana neighborhood came alive.

Videos and pictures on social media showed people cheering, waving American and Cuban flags, honking car horns and banging pots and pans in the early hours of Saturday morning.

"Fidel! Tyrant! Take your brother with you!" some chanted, according to journalist Danny Rivero.

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Under Castro's regime, thousands of exiles and refugees fled to the U.S. fearing persecution, and to escape a tightening economy under the revolution's new socialist order.

Many came to the U.S. through programs such as Operation Pedro Pan as minors, while others braved the seas in events such as the Mariel boat lift in 1980, when 125,000 refugees came to the U.S. after Castro declared "anyone who wants to leave Cuba can do so."

As these videos show, animosity towards Castro has not lessened in parts of Miami, even as relations between Cuba and the U.S. steadily improve.

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The Associated Press contributed reporting.