Fidel Castro

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Fidel Castro stands at a row of microphones, wearing a military jacket and looking at the camera during his 1959 visit to Washington, DC.

Fidel Castro, standing in an open vehicle and waving, is surrounded by fellow revolutionaries in military uniforms as they arrive in Havana, Cuba, greeted by a cheering crowd.

Fidel Castro stands on a makeshift balcony draped with Cuban flags, addressing a crowd in Santa Clara, Cuba, surrounded by supporters and armed revolutionaries.

Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro in a green military uniform speaks at a podium with microphones and papers, addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev greet each other warmly with smiles and an embrace, surrounded by several men, at the United Nations in New York in 1960.

Fidel Castro, 2006

Fidel Castro, 2003

Cuba-U.S. relations after the revolution

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Fidel Castro: Quotes

Revolution and Rebellion
A revolution is not a bed of roses . . . a revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.Fidel Castro