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
I send you, the Party, the Government and the Korean people, our most sincere congratulations,
Could it be that the government of the United States feels hurt that Cuba cooperates with a brother nation? Does that offend the U.S. government ... is it antidemocratic, is it a crime?
The government of President Bush knows very well that no government in the world can accept such a perverse insult to its dignity and sovereignty.
You cannot do this without the authorization of the father, ... I sincerely think that this boy is at risk in the hands of desperate people, and the government of the United States should not be running this risk.
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.
No government can sell its nation on the backs of its people.
The revolution has no time for elections. There is no more democratic government in Latin America than the revolutionary government.
There is no more democratic government than a revolutionary government.
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.