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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz ( / ˈkæstroʊ / KASS-troh, [1] Latin American Spanish: [fiˈðel aleˈxandɾo ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008.
6 days ago · Fidel Castro (born August 13, 1926, near Birán, Cuba—died November 25, 2016, Cuba) was the political leader of Cuba (1959–2008) who transformed his country into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. Castro became a symbol of communist revolution in Latin America. He held the title of premier until 1976 and then began a long ...
Nov 9, 2009 · Fidel Castro: Early Years . Castro was born on August 13, 1926, in Birán, a small town in eastern Cuba. His father was a wealthy Spanish sugarcane farmer who first came to the island during the ...
Apr 3, 2014 · Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926, near Birán, in Cuba's eastern Oriente Province. He was the third of six children, including his two brothers, Raúl and Ramón; and three ...
Nov 26, 2016 · Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born on Aug. 13, 1926 — 1927 in some reports — in what was then the eastern Cuban province of Oriente, the son of a plantation owner, Ángel Castro, and one of ...
Cremation date. 26 November 2016. Interment date. 4 December 2016. Former First Secretary 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, at the age of 90. His brother, the then-President of the State Council and then-First Secretary ...
Nov 26, 2016 · 26 November 2016. Sarah Rainsford looks back at Fidel Castro's life. Cuba's former president Fidel Castro, one of the world's longest-serving and most iconic leaders, has died aged 90. His younger ...
Nov 26, 2016 · Fidel Castro, the fiery communist politician and Cuban revolutionary who led his country for almost half a century, has died, the Associated Press reported.His health had been deteriorating since ...
Nov 26, 2016 · Aug. 13, 1926. Son of Privilege. Fidel Castro Ruz is born in the eastern Cuban village of Biran, the son of a well-off, Spanish-born landowner. Photo. Fidel Castro giving his deposition to Colonel ...
Nov 25, 2016 · Fidel Castro Ruz was born Aug. 13, 1926, in eastern Cuba’s sugar country, where his Spanish immigrant father first worked recruiting labor for U.S. sugar companies and later built up a ...
