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
Whatever we get will be used there for the martyrs of Katrina, be it one million (dollars), two, three or four. The money will go there without any doubt and with great satisfaction, because it will heighten the moral of our athletes.
The Alliance for Progress is an alliance between one millionaire and many beggars.
Were Kennedy not a millionaire, illiterate and ignorant, then he would obviously understand that you cannot revolt against the peasants.
I know that Venezuela is living moments of great expectation and hope. I want to share those hopes with the people of Venezuela.
On behalf of the children, of all the companions there, he sends a special greeting to all our people,
not only as a friend, but also as a father.
If Mohammed can't go to the mountain, the mountain will go to Mohammed,
I live and perceive again the details as if everything were happening at this moment,
It was obvious that they underestimated our people who have not rested a single day in fighting for something absolutely just,
That's a hard lesson for those whose false pride and erroneous concepts have driven them not to respond, even late, to our offer,
They are guilty with their Cuban Adjustment Act and with their broadcasts and exhortations to leave illegally ... of the dozens, maybe hundreds of people, who die in those attempts, ... They don't give them visas. Then they receive them as heroes.
They have said that we want to move Cardenas (where Elian lived in Cuba) to the United States,
We will wait as many days as necessary.
We will talk and we will help ourselves in a dignified manner in cases of disaster,