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- 1. (1927–2016), Cuban statesman, prime minister 1959–76 and president 1976–2008; full name Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. After overthrowing President Batista he set up a communist regime which survived the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the collapse of the Soviet bloc. In 2008 he stood down in favor of his brother Raúl Castro.
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4 days ago · Fidel Castro was born out of wedlock. He was conceived through an extramarital affair between his father, Ángel Castro y Argiz, a well-to-do sugarcane farmer hailing from Spain, and Ángel’s wife’s servant Lina Ruz Gonzáles; the pair wed when Fidel was a teenager.
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Nov 9, 2009 · Fidel Castro (1926-2016) was the founder and leader of the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. He overthrew the dictatorship of Batista in 1959, but faced decades of hostility and embargo from the United States.
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz ( / ˈkæstroʊ / KASS-troh, [1] Latin American Spanish: [fiˈðel aleˈxandɾo ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008.
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- PCC (from 1965)
- 1953–2016
Apr 3, 2014 · Fidel Castro was a Cuban politician who led a guerrilla war against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista and established a communist regime in Cuba. He was in power from 1959 to 2008 and had a close alliance with the Soviet Union, which caused tension with the United States.
Fidel Castro, (born Aug. 13, 1926, near Birán, Cuba—died Nov. 25, 2016, Cuba), Political leader of Cuba (1959–2008). Son of a prosperous sugar planter, he became a lawyer and worked on behalf of the poor in Havana. He was a candidate for Cuba’s legislature when Gen. Fulgencio Batista overthrew the government in 1952.
Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro (1926-2016) was a socialist revolutionary who in 1959 seized control of the island nation of Cuba. He ruled Cuba for almost half a century. Castro was the illegitimate son of a Spanish immigrant who had prospered in the sugar industry. As a teenager, he was both academically gifted and a talented sportsman with a tall ...
Fidel Castro came of age in a remote region of Cuba dominated by two sugar mills, the Preston and the Boston, owned by the United Fruit Company, a symbol of American dominance in Latin America ...
