On his Twitter account, the president noted that the US jurist accompanied Cuba in crucial battles and was a critic of major injustices committed by his country in the world.

‘Cuba pays grateful tribute,’ Diaz-Canel tweeted.

Ramsey Clark died in New York on Friday at the age of 93. He supported Cuba’s demands for the return of Elian Gonzalez (1999-2000) and the release of five antiterrorist fighters held in US prisons (1998-2014).

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