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Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011. He served as prime minister from 1959 to 1976, president from 1976 to 2008, and first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, under his administration Cuba became a one-party communist state; indus…
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Born 13 August 1926 · Died 25 November 2016 · Q11256
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2026· 19 entries
Kaos en la Red: Siempre es 26: Catalunya celebra el centenario de Fidel Castro con un mes de solidaridad, memoria revolucionaria e internacionalismo
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Billboard: Inside Ryan Castro’s Expanded U.S. Arena Tour: ‘My Show Is an Unforgettable Party’
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“Time for an Alliance of Civilizations Against Empire”
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“In Spite of Everything: Reflections on the Pan-American Games”
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“We Don't Hope for Favors from the Worst of Empires”
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“Now I understand why I survived Bush”
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“revolution first, elections later”
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Telemundo Miami (51): Rechazo y críticas por mensaje de Delcy Rodríguez sobre Fidel Castro
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Atlántico: EEUU expresa su rechazo a las celebraciones por los cien años de Fidel Castro
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新华网: (Video) Cuba reafirma principio irrenunciable de Fidel Castro de defender el socialismo
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Yahoo: Cuba celebra el centenario del nacimiento del fallecido líder revolucionario Fidel Castro
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Cubainformación: Conmemoración en Láncara (Galiza) del 100 aniversario del nacimiento de Fidel Castro Ruz (+ Fotos)
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La Voz de Galicia: Miguel Díaz-Canel presidente de Cuba: el sucesor ortodoxo de los Castro
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RadioAngulo.cu: Holguin Honors Fidel Castro in Biran on the Centenary of His Birth
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RadioAngulo.cu: Photo Exhibition Opens at the United Nations to Commemorate Fidel Castro’s Centenary
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Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba: Cultural Gala in Ottawa honors the life and legacy of Fidel Castro
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The New York Times: This Castro Is a Key Envoy to Trump. Could He Be Cuba’s Next Leader?
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Public attention spiked: 50,337 Wikipedia readers in one day, 12× the usual 4,210, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: correct incorrect link of Lungi, Sierra Leone
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2024· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is Fidel Castro’s son.” Unfounded.
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2023· 1 entry
The Quint rated the claim “Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is Cuban revolutionary FIdel Castro's son.” False.
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2020· 7 entries
FactCheck.org rated the claim “Rev. Raphael Warnock “hosted a rally for Communist dictator Fidel Castro."” No Evidence.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Raphael Warnock “celebrated Fidel Castro and welcomed him to his church.”” Mostly False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Debbie Mucarsel-Powell's family received $700,000 from the firm of "violent warlord Ihor Kolomoisky," who is compared to Fidel Castro and Nicolás Maduro.” Half True.
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AP News rated the claim “This picture won the Pulitzer Prize in 1960. It shows a priest giving the last rites to a Cuban farmer, owner of his land. He refused to work for the Castro regime. He died by a firing squad after a trial by Che Guevara that lasted 4 minutes. You will never see this picture on a T-shirt.” False.
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fact checker rated the claim “Angela Merkel is the daughter of Adolf Hitler, Justin Trudeau is the son of Fidel Castro, and Barbara Bush is the daughter of Aleister Crowley.” fake.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Angela Merkel is the daughter of Adolf Hitler, Justin Trudeau is the son of Fidel Castro and Barbara Bush is the daughter of Aleister Crowley.” Pants on Fire.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program.”” Mostly True.
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2019· 2 entries
Reported claimRated The baby in the picture is Michel Trudeau, the PM’s late brother. The photo was taken on 1976 trip to Cuba, when Justin Trudeau would have been four. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “A photo shows Fidel Castro holding a baby Justin Trudeau.” The baby in the picture is Michel Trudeau, the PM’s late brother. The photo was taken on 1976 trip to Cuba, when Justin Trudeau would have been four..
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Bernie Sanders marched with Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in Cuba.” Pants on Fire.
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2016· 41 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “President Obama planned to attend Fidel Castro's funeral, but was forced to "stand down" by President-elect Donald Trump.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “President Obama planned to attend Fidel Castro's funeral, but was forced to "stand down" by President-elect Donald Trump.” False.
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Died 2016-11-25.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “At a press conference, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick wore a T-shirt bearing photos of Malcolm X and communist dictator Fidel Castro.” True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A photograph shows Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz hugging Fidel Castro.” False.
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“Ci, którzy nie wyrzekną się nawyku picia rumu, będą musieli drogo płacić za ten napój.”
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“Fidel Castro, presidente cubano, famoso por fazer discursos de até sete horas”
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“Fidel Castro, presidente cubano, e Hugo Chávez, presidente venezuelano, cantando em dueto numa rádio de Caracas”
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“Fidel Castro, presidente cubano, sobre a detenção de Augusto Pinochet na Inglaterra”
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“A respeito dos boatos de que estaria morto.”
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“Marxism-Leninism is the richest doctrine in ideas of justice, freedom, equality, fraternity among men.”
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“Democratic Korea, its leaders and its people will always live in our feelings of revolutionaries, patriots and fighters for the triumph of socialism.”
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“Muszę przyznać, iż w pewnym okresie zdawało się, iż będziemy mogli pozostawić władzę innym; byliśmy trochę „utopistami.”
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“Marxism-Leninism is ultimately deeply internationalist and, at the same time, deeply patriotic.”
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“Musimy zachować spokój, ponieważ gang, mafia [o Unii Europejskiej] dołączyła się do jankeskich imperialistów, ohydnie służąc nazistowskiemu rządowi Stanów Zjednoczonych.”
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“Fascism appears in the world precisely after the October Revolution; fascism appears in the world as a tool against Marxism-Leninism. Capitalist and imperialist countries created the conditions for the rise of fascism in the world; and the whole fascist campaign, since its first appearance in Europe, was based on anti-communism, on communists' slaughter and on the destruction of the Soviet Union.”
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“Można porównać prześladowania za przekonania religijne, które w gruncie rzeczy były też ideami politycznymi niewolników i ciemiężonych w Rzymie, z systematycznymi i brutalnymi prześladowaniami, których ofiarami w czasach nowożytnych byli nosiciele politycznych idei robotników i chłopów, czyli komuniści.”
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“President Ho Chi Minh, understanding the extraordinary historical importance and the consequences of the glorious October Revolution, and assimilating Lenin's luminous thought, saw clearly that in Marxism-Leninism we could find the teaching and the path that had to be followed to find a solution to the problem of the peoples oppressed by colonialism.”
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“The figure of Lenin is a giant in history and his luminous ideas represents the common heritage of revolutionary fighters in every corner of the Earth.”
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“Marxism-Leninism is the denial of the exploitation of man by man, that has been precisely the source of crimes, wars, oppressions and calamities that humanity has suffered over millennia.”
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“Marxism-Leninism is the ideology of the working class, the most complete political doctrine, the most accurate explanation of social and historical problems.”
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“Marxism-Leninism is an explanation of historical events; Marxism-Leninism is a guide for action, Marxism-Leninism is the ideology of the proletariat, which must guide, make its action conscious to overthrow exploiters, to establish a classless society.”
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“Opis: wspominając wychowanie odebrane w katolickiej szkole.”
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“Fascism, with its violence, gets rid of everything: it attacks universities, it closes them and crushes them; it attacks intellectuals, represses them and persecutes them; it attacks political parties; it attacks trade union organizations; it attacks all mass and cultural organizations. Therefore, nothing is more violent, more retrograde and more illegal than fascism.”
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“Marx and Lenin represent precisely the two human personalities that will mark the passage between prehistory and the history of mankind.”
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“The death of a fighter is not a reason to mourn, if we believe, as we have always believed, as our people have believed and as revolutionaries of every era have believed, that no true man, no true revolutionary dies in vain.”
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“Opis: krytykując prezydenta Mahmuda Ahmadineżada za politykę wobec Izraela.”
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“Che brought the ideas of Marxism-Leninism to their freshest, purest, most revolutionary expression.”
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“Kim Il-sung, one of the most prominent, bright and heroic socialist leaders of the present day, whose history is one of the most beautiful thing a revolutionary may have written in the service of the cause of socialism.”
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“We believe that Marxism-Leninism is an incontestable truth.”
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“Variant translation: I am a Marxist-Leninist and will be one until the day I die.”
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“I am a Marxist-Leninist, and I will be a Marxist-Leninist until the last days of my life.”
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“If we had paused to tell the people that we were Marxist-Leninists while we were on Pico Turquino and not yet strong, it is possible that we would never have been able to descend to the plains.”
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“A revolution is not a trail of roses.... A revolution is a fight to the death between the future and the past.”
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“El capitalismo produce fieras, el socialismo produce hombres.”
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“Czy to źle być dyktatorem? Widziałem, jak Stany Zjednoczone zaprzyjaźniały się z niektórymi dyktatorami.”
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“Condenadme, no importa, la Historia me absolverá.”
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“Warfare is a means and not an end. Warfare is a tool of revolutionaries. The important thing is the revolution! The important thing is the revolutionary cause, revolutionary ideas, revolutionary objectives, revolutionary sentiments, revolutionary virtues!”
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“Nawet gdyby mnie dopadł parkinson, to co z tego? Papież Jan Paweł II jeździł z parkinsonem po całym świecie.”
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“The Alliance for Progress is an alliance between one millionaire and many beggars.”
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“I propose the immediate launching of a nuclear strike on the United States. The Cuban people are prepared to sacrifice themselves for the cause of the destruction of imperialism and the victory of world revolution.”
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Confucius Peace Prize (2014).
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2012· 1 entry
It was revealed that along with Hugo Chávez, Castro had played a significant behind-the-scenes role in orchestrating peace talks between the Colombian government and the far left FARC guerrilla movement to end the confli
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2010· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Timor-Leste (2010).
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Awarded Order of Merit, 1st class (2010).
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“Opis: zaraz po publikacji wywiadu, Castro oświadczył, że został źle zrozumiany: wprost.pl, 10 września 2010”
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo (2009).
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Awarded Order of the Quetzal (2009).
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Awarded Order of Omar Torrijos Herrera (2009).
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2006· 3 entries
Career landmark: Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (2006–2008).
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Castro transferred his responsibilities to Vice President Raúl Castro, who was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly in 2008
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Going from 550 million US dollars in their 2005 list
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2005· 1 entry
Following the election of leftist President Martín Torrijos
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2004· 2 entries
Castro shut down 118 factories, including steel plants, sugar mills and paper processors to compensate for a critical shortage of fuel
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It broke off diplomatic ties with Panama after centrist President Mireya Moscoso pardoned four Cuban exiles accused of attempting to assassinate Castro in 2000
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2003· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Future Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro was once given a tryout by the Washington Senators baseball team.” False.
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2002· 1 entry
Former US president Jimmy Carter visited Cuba, where he highlighted the lack of civil liberties in the country and urged the government to pay attention to the Varela Project of Oswaldo Payá
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2001· 3 entries
Awarded Order of the Crown of the Realm (2001).
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Castro attended the Conference Against Racism in South Africa at which he lectured on the global spread of racial stereotypes through US film
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Castro successfully proposed a one-time cash purchase of food from the US while declining its government's offer of humanitarian aid
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2000· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the Liberator (2000).
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Awarded Emblem of the Republic (2000).
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Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class (2000).
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Signed an agreement through which Cuba would send 20,000 medics to Venezuela, in return receiving 53,000 barrels of oil per day at preferential rates; in 2004, this trade was stepped up, with Cuba sending 40,000 med
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Belize (1999).
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1998· 4 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the National Order of Mali (1998).
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Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of Good Hope (1998).
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Awarded Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella (1998).
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Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien arrived in Cuba to meet Castro and highlight their close ties
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1994· 1 entry
A ministry dedicated to the environment was established, and new laws established in 1997 that promoted awareness of environmental issues throughout Cuba and stressed the sustainable use of natural resources
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1992· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Agostinho Neto (1992).
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“Special Period in Time of Peace”
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1991· 3 entries
Castro led Cuba through the economic downturn of the "Special Period", embracing environmentalist and anti-globalization ideas
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Was joined onstage by Nelson Mandela, recently released from prison
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Havana hosted the Pan American Games, which involved construction of a stadium and accommodation for the athletes; Castro admitted that it was an expensive error, but it was a success for Cuba's government
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1989· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Hồ Chí Minh (1989).
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle (1988).
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Organized a quadripartite talk between the USSR, US, Cuba and South Africa; they agreed that all foreign troops would pull out of Angola while South Africa agreed to grant independence to Namibia
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1986· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star (1986).
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Awarded Order of Karl Marx (1986).
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Awarded Order of Klement Gottwald (1986).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1986).
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1985· 2 entries
Havana hosted five international conferences on the world debt problem
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Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party; a reformer, he implemented measures to increase freedom of the press (glasnost) and economic decentralization (perestroika) in an attempt to stren
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1979· 3 entries
Career landmark: Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement (1979–1983).
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Befriending Grenadine president Maurice Bishop and sending doctors, teachers, and technicians to aid the country's development
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The Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was held in Havana, where Castro was selected as NAM president, a position he held until 1982
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1977· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Merit (1977).
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Awarded Order of Jamaica (1977).
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The Ogaden War broke out over the disputed Ogaden region as Somalia invaded Ethiopia; although a former ally of Somali president Siad Barre, Castro had warned him against such action, and Cuba sided with Mengistu Haile M
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1976· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1976).
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Career landmark: President of Cuba (1976–2008).
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1975· 1 entry
Won Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1975).
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1974· 1 entry
As a result of high international sugar prices and new credits with Argentina, Canada, and parts of Western Europe
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1973· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1973).
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The military led a coup d'état and established a military junta led by Augusto Pinochet
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“Opis: do dziennikarzy w 1973.”
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1972· 5 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of the White Lion (1972).
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Awarded Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania (1972).
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Awarded Grand Star of People's Friendship (1972).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1972).
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Awarded Order of Georgi Dimitrov (1972).
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1968· 2 entries
“Opis: latem 1968, decydując się na pojednanie z Moskwą i kończąc 10-letni okres tzw. „herezji kubańskiej.”
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Castro proclaimed a Great Revolutionary Offensive, closing all remaining privately owned shops and businesses and denouncing their owners as capitalist counterrevolutionaries
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1967· 1 entry
Although gay men continued to be imprisoned
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1966· 1 entry
Castro staged a Tri-Continental Conference of Africa, Asia and Latin America in Havana, further establishing himself as a significant player on the world stage
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1965· 2 entries
Castro authorized Che Guevara to travel to Congo-Kinshasa to train revolutionaries against the Western-backed government
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Gay men were forced into the Military Units to Aid Production (Unidades Militares de Ayuda a la Producción – UMAP)
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1963· 4 entries
Awarded Order of Lenin (1963).
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Awarded Hero of the Soviet Union (1963).
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“Opis: w 1963, kpiąc z radzieckich komunistów.”
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The government cracked down on Protestant sects in Cuba, with Castro labelling them counter-revolutionary "instruments of imperialism"; many preachers were found guilty of illegal US links and imprisoned
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1962· 1 entry
“This is one of the gravest risks of nuclear war since the October Crisis in 1962 involving Cuba , 50 years ago,”
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1961· 3 entries
Awarded Lenin Peace Prize (1961).
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Was a four year plan devised to be implemented in 1962 through 1965
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Career landmark: First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (1961–2011).
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1960· 2 entries
Awarded Bintang Mahaputera Adipurna (1960).
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Fidel Castro announced that all future elections would be cancelled
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1959· 5 entries
Awarded Order of the Nile (1959).
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His regime spent $120 million on Soviet, French, and Belgian weaponry and by early 1960 had doubled the size of Cuba's armed forces
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Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's prime minister
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Cuba (1959–2008).
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And the early 1960s, Cuba's basic economic structure changed very little between then and the 1980s
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1957· 1 entry
Met with leading members of the Partido Ortodoxo, Raúl Chibás and Felipe Pazos, authoring the Sierra Maestra Manifesto, in which they demanded that a provisional civilian government be set up to implement moderate agr
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1956· 1 entry
But Sánchez and another defector uncovered that he was born earlier than Fidelito
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1955· 2 entries
While he was in prison due to the attacks on the Moncada Barracks
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Bombings and violent demonstrations led to a crackdown on dissent, with Castro and Raúl fleeing the country to evade arrest
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1954· 1 entry
Batista's government held presidential elections, but no politician stood against him; the election was widely considered fraudulent
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1953· 1 entry
“Opis: z przemówienia w sądzie we własnej obronie w procesie ataku na koszary Moncada, 1953.”
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1950· 1 entry
Studied at University of Havana, Doctor (1945–1950).
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1947· 1 entry
Castro joined the Party of the Cuban People (Partido Ortodoxo), founded by Eduardo Chibás
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1945· 2 entries
Studied at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School (1945–1945).
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Castro began studying law at the University of Havana where he became embroiled in student activism and the violent gangsterismo culture within the university
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1942· 1 entry
Castro transferred to the Jesuit-run El Colegio de Belén in Havana
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1926· 1 entry
Born 1926-08-13.
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