Cuba's 'El Comandante': Castro's revolutionary mark on history
Written By Wion Web Desk
Published: Nov 26, 2016, 03:43 IST | Updated: Nov 26, 2016, 03:43 IST
The Cuban leader, who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for almost five decades defied US efforts to topple him, had been troubled by poor health since 2006. Fidel played a key role in the Cold war crisis.
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Former Cuban president Fidel Castro
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Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro during an address in Cuba in 1959 after unpopular US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista was forced to flee.
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Castro mined Cuban nationalism and Latin American pride, stirring resentment of US power and influence. Photo taken February 24, 2015 in Pinar del Rio
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'We shall endeavor to be brief,' he told the UN General Assembly in 1960, then set a record for UN speeches by talking for nearly 4-1/2 hours.
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Communists unite with Fidel Castro forming an alliance with Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894 - 1971) in Moscow.
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Almost killed by a serious intestinal illness, he was forced to step down in 2006 and formally handed over to his brother Raul Castro, in 2008.
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