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Fidel Castro

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fidel Castro (Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz) , 1926-, Cuban revolutionary, premier of Cuba (1959-76), president of the Council of State and of the Council of Ministers (1976-). As a student leader and lawyer, Castro opposed the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar . On July 26, 1953, he led an unsuccessful attack on an army post in Santiago de Cuba and was imprisoned. Released (1955) in a general amnesty, he went to Mexico where he organized the 26th of July movement. In Dec., 1956, he landed in SW Oriente prov. with a small group of rebels. Castro and 11 others, including his... Read more
Castro, Fidel
U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography

Fidel Castro

Born: August 13, 1926 Bir á n, Oriente Province, Cuba Cuban revolutionary and prime minister

Fidel Castro is the Cuban prime minister and first secretary of the Communist party of Cuba. A lawyer by training, Castro led the Cuban Revolution and transformed the island into ...

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Fidel Castro (Ruz)
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

(born Aug. 13, 1926/27, near Birán, Cuba) Political leader of Cuba (from 1959). Son of a prosperous sugar planter, he became a lawyer and worked on behalf of the poor in Havana. He was a candidate for Cuba's legislature when Gen. Fulgencio Batista overthrew the government in 1952. He ...

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