Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro was born Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, August 13, 1926 in Biran, located in the Holguin Province of Cuba. Fidel Castro was the third child born to Lina Ruz González and Ángel Castro y Argiz. Castro is a communist politician and revolutionary who became Prime Minister of Cuba in 1959 and then President in 1976.

Fidel Castro retired from politics in 2008 and his brother; Raul Castro succeeds Fidel as President of Cuba. Castro has been involved in several significant political events including The Cuban Revolution, The Bay of Pigs and The Cuban Missile Crisis.

A controversial figure, Castro is seen by some as a hero who stands against Western political domination and by others as a dictator who has been accused of having a poor human rights record. (AP)

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