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
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.
There is no country in the world where the empire's mercenaries enjoy the privileges they do in Cuba.
I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country. This is not a personal matter. We are not people driven by a wish to be in the government since [it] is for us the least attractive work, even though we are politicians.
North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.
Today, the entire country is an immense University.
This country is heaven, in the spiritual sense of the word. And I say, we prefer to die in heaven than survive in hell.
A smart policy should be one that tends to receive the capitals, pays the price for that capital - which is the interest - returns the capital and in the end the factories, the industries, are left to remain in the country.
a model country that protects the lives of its citizens.
We will wait as many days as necessary.
We will talk and we will help ourselves in a dignified manner in cases of disaster,
When I reached the concrete area, about 15 or 20 meters from the first row of chairs, I did not realize that there was a relatively high curb from the pavement to the crowd. My left foot came down into the air, because of the difference in height. The momentum, and the law of gravity discovered some time ago by Newton, caused me, when I took that false step, to plunge forward until I fell, in a fraction of a second, onto the pavement.
We continue to wait patiently for a response. In the meantime, all of you will be taking intensive courses in immunology and also something that I should be doing -- an intensive brush-up course in English.
The rude provocations that have been undertaken from its Interests Office in Havana does not, and could not, have any other goal.
It would be a crime not to go to the appeal, ... The passports are ready and of course the airplane is ready.