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VIDEOS OF FIDEL CASTRO
Fidel
Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban communist revolutionary
politician, a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist. Castro
governed the Republic
of Cuba as First Secretary of
the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until
2011, Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as
President of the Council of State and Council of Ministers from 1976 to 2008.
Castro also served as the Commander-in-chief of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state, while industry and business were nationalized and state socialist policies were implemented throughout society.
Castro also served as the Commander-in-chief of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state, while industry and business were nationalized and state socialist policies were implemented throughout society.
Born
in Birán, Oriente
as the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist anti-imperialist
ideas while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in
rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia,
he planned the overthrow of Cuban President Fulgencio
Batista, launching a failed attack on the Moncada
Barracks in 1953. After a year's imprisonment, Castro traveled to Mexico
where he formed a revolutionary group, the 26th of July Movement, with his brother Raúl
Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
Returning
to Cuba, Castro took a key role in the Cuban
Revolution by leading the Movement in a guerrilla
war against Batista's forces from the Sierra
Maestra. After Batista's overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and
political power as Cuba's Prime Minister.
The
United States came to oppose Castro's government and unsuccessfully attempted
to remove him by assassination, economic blockade, and
counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. Countering these
threats, Castro aligned with the Soviet
Union and allowed the Soviets to place nuclear weapons in Cuba, resulting
in the Cuban Missile Crisis – a defining
incident of the Cold War – in 1962.
The
two nations officially normalized relations in July 2015, ending a trade
embargo that had been in place since 1960, when U.S.-owned businesses in Cuba
were nationalized without compensation.
Castro died on November 25, 2016, at 90. His young brother, the then-President of the State Council and current First Secretary Raúl Castro, made an announcement about his death on state television.
The longest-serving non-royal head of state in the 20th and 21st centuries, Castro polarized opinion throughout the world. His supporters view him as a champion of socialism and anti-imperialism whose revolutionary regime advanced economic and social justice while securing Cuba's independence from US hegemony.
Castro died on November 25, 2016, at 90. His young brother, the then-President of the State Council and current First Secretary Raúl Castro, made an announcement about his death on state television.
The longest-serving non-royal head of state in the 20th and 21st centuries, Castro polarized opinion throughout the world. His supporters view him as a champion of socialism and anti-imperialism whose revolutionary regime advanced economic and social justice while securing Cuba's independence from US hegemony.
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