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.
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Cuba is a communist country and has had a socialist political system since 1961 based on the "one state, one party" principle. Cuba is constitutionally defined as a unitary one-party Marxist–Leninist
El Capitolio, former seat of the National Assembly of People's Power.
A CDR in Old Havana on Paseo de Martí facing Parque Central
Ministry of the Interior building on the Plaza de la Revolución, Havana
Vladimir Putin and Fidel Castro in 2001.