Fidel Castro
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and statesman who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008. He served as prime minister from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008
Castro in the 1950s
Fidel's parents, Ángel Castro y Argiz and Lina Ruz González
Castro, second from left, at Colegio de Belén, Havana, 1943
Castro intended to overthrow the presidency of General Fulgencio Batista, left, with US Army Chief of Staff Malin Craig, in 1938.
The political career of Fidel Castro saw the country of Cuba undergo significant economic, political, and social changes. In the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and an associated group of revolutionari
Castro giving a speech at the United Nations headquarters in 1971
Castro is seen in Washington, D.C., arriving at the MATS Terminal, in April 1959.
Castro (far left), Che Guevara (third from left), and William Alexander Morgan (second from the right) with other leading revolutionaries, marching through the streets in protest at the La Coubre explosion, 5 March 1960.
Castro at the United Nations General Assembly in 1960.