...New Yearâs Eve will mark the half-century anniversary of a night when Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, in anticipation of Fidel Castroâs advancing revolutionary army, abandoned the island he had ruled on and off for nearly 25 years. For Cubans over a...
...government as well. He ran a casino in the mob friendly country of Cuba until he was forced to leave by the new dictator, Fidel Castro. He was arrested at the fateful meeting in Appalachin, New York, arrested in another summit of mob leaders in a...
...Ike affected nearly all of Cuba's territory Sep 7-9, 10 days after Hurricane Gustav battered the western part of the island. Fidel Castro's latest commentary, like other recent commentaries he has written, focussed on the economic situation in Cuba,...
...Communists and Socialist in other parts of the world. Raila´s eldest son is named Fidel in honor of Communist Cuba´s dictator Fidel Castro. Cuba´s Fidel Castro nationalized and confiscated private property, abolished representative government and...
Background
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is a Cuban revolutionary leader who served as the country's 22nd president and led the country from January 1959 until his retirement in February 2008. Castro began his political life with nationalist critiques of Batista, and of United States political and corporate influence in Cuba. He gained an ardent, but limited, following and also drew the attention of the authorities. He eventually led the failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks, after which he was captured, tried, incarcerated and later released. He then traveled to Mexico to organize and train for the guerrilla invasion of Cuba that took place in December 1956.
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