Raúl Castro
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Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician, general, and revolutionary who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, f
Castro in 2015
Castro carried by Fulgencio Batista in 1938. In 1959, Castro and his brother would topple Batista from power.
Image from Oriente newspaper from 30 July 1953 after the capture of Castro
Castro in 1959
Cuban Revolution
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The Cuban Revolution was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup
Raúl Castro
…succeeding his brother Fidel Castro; he is still considered the de facto leader of the country by some commentators. One of the military leaders of the Cuban Revolution, Castro served as the minister of the Armed Forces from 1959 to 2008. His ministerial tenure made him the longest-serving minister of the armed forces…
Fidel Castro and his men in the Sierra Maestra, 1956
Fulgencio Batista in military uniform in 1952, the year of his coup to gain power
Fidel Castro under arrest after the July 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba
Student protests in Havana, 1956