Fidel Castro, the longtime revolutionary leader of Cuba, has died, according to local reports.He was 90.Castro's brother and sitting President, Raul Castro, announced on state-run television that the long time leader died around 7 p.m. local time. His cause of death was not immediately known.Castro rose to power in 1959 after overthrowing the sitting Fulgencio Batista government. He was the Carribean country's prime minister between 1959 and 1976 before serving as president until 2008.Castro was 90 years old.(Alex Castro/AP)After running the country as a one-party communist state for nearly half a century, Castro handed over power to his brother in 2008.Castro's supporters praised him as a leader who took power from the tyrrants and gave it back to the Cuban people. But his opponents, which included the U.S. government, accused him of brutally suppressing opposition and impoverishing his own constituents.