Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz; born August 13, 1926), commonly known as Fidel Castro, is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Politically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist...
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth13 August 1926
CityBiran, Cuba
If it weren't for that absurd and ridiculous embargo, the United States could receive vaccinations and other medical procedures from Cuba that could help save American lives.
He went too far in his speech. He was rude. He insulted. He lied, and he threatened.
We are not here to say goodbye to Che and his comrades. We are here to welcome them. I see Che and his men as a battalion of invincible combatants, who have come to fight alongside us and to write new pages of history and of glory.
The pope is our guest. ... We will do everything to the hilt to ensure that the visit will be historic,
There are even irresponsible families who sell their daughters' bodies and insensitive neighbors who think this is the most natural thing in the world ... until tragedy and disease strike,
We have just received 12 locomotives from China. They are simply the best our country has received. They are the most modern, most efficient and of best value.
We shall always be grateful for that gesture,
I repeat my warmest congratulations and the desire to continue strengthening the existing relations between our two parties, governments and peoples,
I was asked by many citizens whether I was going to respond, ... We are all going to respond!
I think that it has moved the world. It's something extraordinary, something historic.
Humanity will preserve an emotional memory of the tireless work of His Holiness John Paul II in favor of peace, justice and solidarity among all people,
We can do it better and take on the major leagues. ... For each player that leaves, 10 better ones arise,
There is no country in the world where the empire's mercenaries enjoy the privileges they do in Cuba.
Our relations are based on mutual interest and devotion to peace, in the context of cooperation and integration.