Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (/ˈkæstroʊ/ KASS-troh, Latin American Spanish: [fiˈðel aleˈxandɾo ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban...
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Fidel Ángel Castro Díaz-Balart (1 September 1949 – 1 February 2018) was a Cuban nuclear physicist and government official. Frequently known by the diminutive...
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Fidel Castro proclaimed himself to be "a socialist, and Marxist–Leninist". As a Marxist–Leninist, Castro believed strongly in converting Cuba, and the...
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(CIA) made numerous unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. There were also attempts by Cuban exiles, sometimes in cooperation with...
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During his life, Fidel Castro had a fascination with dairy products that has been described as an obsession. Due to this, he tried to develop the Cuban...
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2008 and 2018, succeeding his brother Fidel Castro. One of the military leaders of the Cuban Revolution, Castro served as the minister of the Armed Forces...
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of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of the Council of State, Fidel Castro died of natural causes at 22:29 (CST) on the evening of 25 November 2016...
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Cuban Revolution (redirect from Fidel Castro's revolution)
was Fidel Castro, then a novice attorney who attempted to contest the coup through Cuba's judiciary. Once these efforts proved fruitless, Fidel Castro and...
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political career of Fidel Castro saw Cuba undergo significant economic, political, and social changes. In the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and an associated...
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revolutionary and politician Fidel Castro took part in the Cuban Revolution from 1953 to 1959. Following on from his early life, Castro decided to fight for the...
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Ignacio Ramonet (section Fidel Castro)
Fidel Castro: biografía a dos voces (Spanish: Fidel Castro: Biography with Two Voices) also titled Cien horas con Fidel (One Hundred Hours with Fidel)...
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Guevara's political ideology. Later in Mexico City, Guevara met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba aboard the yacht...
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Family Jewels (Central Intelligence Agency) (section Mafia involvement in assassination attempts on Fidel Castro)
two articles on CIA-backed assassination attempts on Cuban dictator Fidel Castro Physical surveillance of Michael Getler, then a Washington Post reporter...
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brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro and a key figure of the Cuban Revolution. Ramón, the eldest of the Castro brothers, the son of Ángel Castro, a Spanish-born...
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Bay of Pigs Invasion (category Fidel Castro)
Democratic Revolutionary Front (DRF), consisting of Cuban exiles who opposed Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution, clandestinely financed and directed by the U.S. government...
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major figures of the Cuban Revolution, he was considered second only to Fidel Castro among the revolutionary leadership. The son of Spanish anarchists, Cienfuegos...
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Bautista Castro y Argiz (5 December 1875 – 21 October 1956) was a Spanish-born Cuban farmer and businessman who was the father of Cuban leaders Fidel, Raúl...
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as the Special Period. In 2008, Fidel Castro retired after 49 years; Raúl Castro was elected his successor. Raúl Castro retired as president in 2018 and...
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Fidel Castro (1926–2016) was a communist revolutionary leader of Cuba. Fidel Castro may also refer to: Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart (1949–2018), Cuban nuclear...
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225. Fidel Castro was the party's First Secretary (or leader) since its inception while Raúl Castro was the Second Secretary. Upon Fidel Castro's 2008...
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In 1953, beginning their first attack against the Batista government, Fidel Castro gathered 160 fighters and planned a multi-pronged attack on two military...
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the site of an armed attack by a small group of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro. That day a simultaneous attack was carried out on the Carlos M. de Cespedes...
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widespread resistance. For two years (December 1956 – December 1958) Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and other rebelling elements led an urban- and...
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Batista was overthrown following the Cuban Revolution, his successor Fidel Castro banned U.S. investment in the country, putting an end to the Mafia's...
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three brothers — Ramón, Fidel, and Raúl — and three sisters — Angelita, Emma, and Agustina. Lina Ruz González was Ángel Castro's cook; he was married to...
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Economy of Cuba (section Post-Fidel Castro reforms)
Jersey (Esso), Texaco, and Royal Dutch Shell.: 39 On 3 March 1959, Fidel Castro seized control of the Cuban Telephone Company, which was a subsidiary...
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religious views of Fidel Castro are a matter of public interest. According to The Washington Post, former president of Cuba Fidel Castro's letters from prison...
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the dictator Fulgencio Batista by the 26th of July Movement, led by Fidel Castro, during the 1953–1959 Cuban Revolution. The new government aligned with...
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Consolidation of the Cuban Revolution (category Fidel Castro)
the failure of the 1970 sugar harvest. The political consolidation of Fidel Castro in the new Cuban government began in early 1959. It began with the appointment...
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Eduardo Chibás (section Comparisons to Fidel Castro)
sepulcher, prune flowers left by devotees, and sweep the surrounding area." Fidel Castro had a statue erected of the leader in Santiago de Cuba. A nine-point...
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