Cuban Interior Minister dies at age 78

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Havana, Jan 7 (EFE) .- Cuba's Interior Minister, Carlos Fernández Godín, died Saturday at the age of 78 in Havana "because of complications of a chronic disease he suffered from," an official statement from the Ministers.

Godín, who fought in the Rebel Army before the Revolution, was elevated from first deputy interior minister to cabinet minister in October 2015, when he replaced Abelardo Colomé in that position since 1989 and resigned due to health problems.

According to his will, his body will be cremated and his ashes exposed at the Veterans' Pantheon in Havana's Colón Cemetery, where he will remain until his deposit at the Second Front Mausoleum in Santiago de Cuba, where he will receive military honors.

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