Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro was a Cuban communist revolutionary, politician and leader of Cuba. He was prime minister from 1959 to 1976, and then served as president of Cuba from 1976 to 2008. Castro was a controversial figure and seen by many as a dictator. He was the longest-serving non-royal head of state in the 20th and 21st centuries, and died in 2016 at the age of 90.
- Cuba’s Castro steps down, says he’s handing power to next generation of ‘anti-imperialist’ leaders
Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro has announced that he is stepping down and handing leadership to a younger generation "full of passion and anti-imperialist spirit." The Castro family has led the party since 1961.Apr 16, 2021 19:40World News - Cuban-born businessman Maximo Alvarez compares Joe Biden to Fidel Castro in RNC addressMaximo Alvarez, a Cuban-American businessman, told the Republican National Convention that the Democrats were emulating the ideas espoused by the communist government that his family had fled from when he was a boy.Aug 25, 2020 07:13USA News
- ‘There’s a lot we could learn from Mordor’ – Bernie Sanders slammed for saying not everything was bad under Fidel CastroFresh from being compared to Hitler, socialist senator Bernie Sanders is again deflecting criticism over his past admiration for communist revolutionaries. This time it’s America’s former public enemy number one, Fidel Castro.Feb 24, 2020 15:31USA News
- Bay of Pigs, Cuba: CIA’s unlearned lesson in regime changeThe looming end of the Castro era in Cuba coincides this week with the 57th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion – a failed attack by the CIA that greatly catalyzed the Castro approach to resisting American encroachment.Apr 17, 2018 18:54USA News
- WATCH RT's last interview with late 'Fidelito' Castro, Fidel's eldest sonFidel Castro Diaz-Balart, the eldest son of Cuban revolution icon Fidel, took his own life after a battle with depression. Watch "Fidelito" talk about the fate of revolutions and revolutionaries, in this 'Worlds Apart' interview.Feb 2, 2018 04:16World News
- Fidel Castro's eldest son commits suicideFidel Castro Diaz-Balart, the son of Cuba's revolutionary icon Fidel Castro has committed suicide after a battle with depression, Cuban state-run media has reported.Feb 2, 2018 01:30World News
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