Fidel Castro – The Man Who Changed Cuba
Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary, statesman, political and party leader, the head of Cuba in 1959-2011. Under his leadership, Cuba had been transformed into a one-party socialist state, industry and private property were nationalized. At the international level, he was Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1979-1983 and 2006-2009.
He is one of the major world figures of the second half of the 20th century.
In 1954 he went to Mexico, where together with Ernesto Che Guevara and his brother Raul Castro organized a revolutionary movement on 26 July. Returning to Cuba, he led a guerrilla war against the Batista regime. In 1959 Fulgencio Batista was overthrown and revolutionaries came to power. Castro became Cuba’s leader and created a communist government. Education and health services were free, and every citizen was guaranteed work.
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