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• Fidel Castro

  Fidel Castro, the illegitimate son of a successful Creole sugar plantation owner, was born in Cuba in 1926. He was a rebellious boy and at the age of thirteen helped to organize a ...

• BBC - History - Fidel Castro (1926- )

  Castro has been leader of Cuba since 1959, when he created the first communist state in the western hemisphere. He is the world's longest-serving leader.

• BBC NEWS | Americas | Castro: Profile of the great survivor

  Shrewd, charming and ruthless, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz outlasted all his contemporaries. ... Fidel Castro, who has announced he is stepping down as Cuba's president, has run the ...