Mr Castro, who stepped down as president in 2006 due to ill health and appointed his brother Raul in his place, also used the occasion to lambast America for its repeated attempts to assassinate him during Havana's long Cold War stand-off with Washington.

Amid celebrations on the Communist island nation, including a massive seafront party and a record-breaking 90m cigar dedicated to the former military commander, Mr Castro criticised Mr Obama for failing to explicitly apologise for America's decision to drop the atomic bomb during his historic visit to Hiroshima in Japan.

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