Castro's death end of a nightmare

New Jersey's Cubans break out champagne, but also express sadness over relatives who died before Castro

“We were waiting for this for a long time,” Edmiston said to FoxNews.com while she and her husband ate lunch at a popular Cuban café, El Artesano, situated on Bergenline Avenue in Union City – once a Cuban exile enclave. “I was on the telephone this morning with friends and family, we were all saying ‘Congratulations!’ My husband and I knew we had to break out the champagne.”

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Older Cubans recalled what the Communist revolution – what “Fidel” – took away from them, ranging from homes, businesses, possessions and relatives.

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And many Cubans of all ages said that any positive feelings they had about Fidel Castro’s death were tempered by sadness over deceased mothers, fathers, and grandparents who had waited for this day, but did not live to see it.

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“I hope he burns in Hell,” said Otilea Garcia, an elegantly dressed diminutive woman sitting by herself at one table, having Cuban espresso and an empanada. “Fidel Castro was Lucifer. They say he supported the struggle against Apartheid, but meanwhile inside Cuba he suppressed his own people, of all races. His death is long overdue.”

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