The Miami Marlins have suspended manager Ozzie Guillen for five games, effective immediately, the team said Tuesday.

Guillen sparked a firestorm when he told Time magazine recently that he respected Fidel Castro for being able to lead Cuba for six decades.

“I respect Fidel Castro,” Guillen said in the article. “You know why? A lot of people have wanted to kill Fidel Castro for the last 60 years, but that son of a bitch is still there.”

Guillen apologized during a press conference Tuesday, speaking in Spanish.

Guillen said he had “betrayed a Latin community” and that he was speaking to “ask for forgiveness with my heart in my hand.”

But, he said, he spoke of Castro in Spanish and “the translation to English was a bit confusing.”

In response to questions in English, Guillen said he’d let down the community.

“I’m very, very, very sorry,” he said. “I will do everything in my power to make it better.”

“I live in Miami, my family is in Miami,” he said. “I will do everything in my power … to help this community like I always do.”

“I’m sitting here very embarrassed and very said,” he said.

“I’m gonna be a Miami guy for the rest of my life,” Guillen said. “I want to walk in the street with my head up and not feel as bad as I feel right now.”

The team said the original comments were hurtful.

“The pain and suffering caused by Fidel Castro cannot be minimized in a community filled with victims of the dictatorship,” the team said in a statement before Guillen’s press conference Tuesday.

The manager earlier in the week said he has apologized to Cuban-Americans in the Marlins organization, including Spanish-language broadcasters Felo Ramirez and Yiki Quintana, as well as Cuban-born Phillies pitcher Jose Contreras, ESPN reported.

The Marlins released a statement saying there was nothing to respect about Castro, “a brutal dictator who has caused unthinkable pain for more than 50 years. We live in a community filled with victims of this dictatorship, and the people in Cuba continue to suffer today.”

Guillen backtracked on the remark on Sunday and apologized to anyone he offended with the Castro remark, telling the Palm Beach Post that he is “against everything, 100%,” regarding Castro’s reign in Cuba.