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Fidel Castro
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Birthday
1926-08-13,Birán, Cuba
Gender
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Biography
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically 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 reforms were implemented throughout society. Born in Birán, Oriente, the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist and anti-imperialist ideas while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, launching a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953. After a year's imprisonment, Castro traveled to Mexico where he formed a revolutionary group, the 26th of July Movement, with his brother Raúl Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Returning to Cuba, Castro took a key role in the Cuban Revolution by leading the Movement in a guerrilla war against Batista's forces from the Sierra Maestra. After Batista's overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's Prime Minister. The United States came to oppose Castro's government and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic blockade, and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. Countering these threats, Castro aligned with the Soviet Union and allowed the Soviets to place nuclear weapons in Cuba, resulting in the Cuban Missile Crisis – a defining incident of the Cold War – in 1962. Adopting a Marxist–Leninist model of development, Castro converted Cuba into a one-party, socialist state under Communist Party rule, the first in the Western Hemisphere. Policies introducing central economic planning and expanding healthcare and education were accompanied by state control of the press and the suppression of internal dissent. Abroad, Castro supported anti-imperialist revolutionary groups, backing the establishment of Marxist governments in Chile, Nicaragua, and Grenada, as well as sending troops to aid allies in the Yom Kippur, Ogaden, and Angolan Civil War. These actions, coupled with Castro's leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1979 to 1983 and Cuba's medical internationalism, increased Cuba's profile on the world stage. Following the Soviet Union's dissolution in 1991, Castro led Cuba through the economic downturn of the "Special Period", embracing environmentalist and anti-globalization ideas. In the 2000s, Castro forged alliances in the Latin American "pink tide" – namely with Hugo Chávez's Venezuela – and formed the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas. In 2006, Castro transferred his responsibilities to Vice President Raúl Castro, who was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly in 2008. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fidel Castro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Karl Marx und seine Erben

7

Karl Marx und seine Erben
2018-04-28

The Society of the Spectacle

6.7

The Society of the Spectacle
1974-05-01

6.5

Comandante
2003-02-14

7

537 Votes
2020-10-21

6.3

Cuban Rafters
2002-04-12

6.3

Yanki No!
1960-07-07

Looking For Fidel

6

Looking For Fidel
2004-04-14

Far from Vietnam

6.9

Far from Vietnam
1967-10-18

General Idi Amin Dada

6.9

General Idi Amin Dada
1974-05-29

The Man Who Saved the World

7

The Man Who Saved the World
2012-10-22

CUBA: Defending Socialism, Resisting Imperialism

0

CUBA: Defending Socialism, Resisting Imperialism
2010-06-11

Historien ska frikänna mig

0

Historien ska frikänna mig
2016-12-31

10

Laissez-faire
2015-01-30

Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man

0

Anxiety. Thoughts of an Old Man
1984-01-01

The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files

5

The Secret KGB JFK Assassination Files
1999-01-01

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

7.7

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021-07-02

And Heaven Was Taken by Storm

6

And Heaven Was Taken by Storm
1973-01-01

Fidel Castro no Rio de Janeiro, 1959

0

Fidel Castro no Rio de Janeiro, 1959

7.875

I Am Jackie O
2020-11-26

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

7.8

The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005-04-05

7.6

¡Cuba Sí!
1961-12-31

The Padilla Affair

7

The Padilla Affair
2022-09-02

4

Fidel
1971-06-25

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2

0

Soviet Union: The Rise and Fall - Part 2
1996-02-20

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

7.3

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
2023-10-05

Kubánske otázniky

0

Kubánske otázniky
2000-08-01

Compromiso con Chile

0

Compromiso con Chile
1972-09-01

Chile, el gran desafío

0

Chile, el gran desafío
1973-03-10

Laboratory Greece

8

Laboratory Greece
2019-12-08

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes

6.4

The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes
2022-04-27

Memories of Overdevelopment

5.8

Memories of Overdevelopment
2011-11-26

5.8

The Mayor
2012-08-18

Chile: A Genral Record

6

Chile: A Genral Record
1986-01-01

CBS Reports: The CIA's Secret Army

0

CBS Reports: The CIA's Secret Army
1977-06-10

7.6

JFK
1991-12-20

Revolution's Daughter

0

Revolution's Daughter

638 Ways to Kill Castro

5.6

638 Ways to Kill Castro
2006-11-28

La Rabbia di Pasolini

7.2

La Rabbia di Pasolini
2008-09-05

Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt

0

Cuba: In the Shadow of Doubt
1986-06-21

9

Rat Pack
2022-01-11

Franco and Fidel: A Strange Friendship

0

Franco and Fidel: A Strange Friendship
2016-12-07

A History of an Assignment

0

A History of an Assignment
2021-08-28

The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros

8.5

The Boys from Brazil: Rise of the Bolsonaros
2022-08-30

7.684

The Fog of War
2003-10-26

I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth

7.2

I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth
2005-04-14

Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho

8.25

Andança: Os Encontros e as Memórias de Beth Carvalho
2022-10-06

The Necessary War

5

The Necessary War
1980-01-01

0

8A
1993-01-01

0

Memória Cubana
2010-09-27

0

Cuba and Fidel
1974-01-01

The Uncompromising Revolution

0

The Uncompromising Revolution
1988-01-01

7.4

Hello Cubans
1963-11-26

Did the Mob Kill JFK?

6

Did the Mob Kill JFK?
2009-11-22

0

Island Ablazed
1961-01-01

The Day That Lasted 21 Years

7.6

The Day That Lasted 21 Years
2012-09-30

The Kennedy Detail

5

The Kennedy Detail
2010-12-02

My Brother, Fidel

5.2

My Brother, Fidel
1977-01-01

Lejos de la isla

0

Lejos de la isla
2007-01-25

Venceremos, solidaridad

0

Venceremos, solidaridad
1973-12-31

Waiting for Fidel

5.8

Waiting for Fidel
1975-11-14

Becoming Cousteau

7.1

Becoming Cousteau
2021-10-22

Being Fidel Castro

0

Being Fidel Castro
2010-01-19

0

The Cuban Game
2001-11-23

Castro in Winter

5.2

Castro in Winter
2012-02-03

Che Guevara - Hasta La Victoria Siempre

0

Che Guevara - Hasta La Victoria Siempre
2003-01-01

The Hour of the Furnaces

7

The Hour of the Furnaces
1968-09-08

6.5

Nobody
2017-01-13

Un Giorno con Fidel

0

Un Giorno con Fidel
2007-01-01

Cuba 30 Anni Dopo

0

Cuba 30 Anni Dopo
1990-01-01

Fidel Racconta il Che

0

Fidel Racconta il Che
1987-01-01

Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico

0

Ernesto Che Guevara - Uomo, Compagno, Amico
1995-01-01

South of the Border

5.7

South of the Border
2009-09-07

Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers

6.4

Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers
2003-11-21

El Diálogo de América

0

El Diálogo de América
1972-06-01

Looking for Fidel

0

Looking for Fidel
2006-06-19

Two Meetings and a Funeral

0

Two Meetings and a Funeral
2017-06-07

Fidel Castro: America's Nemesis

0

Fidel Castro: America's Nemesis
2016-11-28

RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy

7

RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy
2007-11-20

General Assembly

5

General Assembly
1960-07-01

Cuba and the Cameraman

7.5

Cuba and the Cameraman
2017-09-08

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn

9

Tasmanian Devil: The Fast and Furious Life of Errol Flynn
2007-10-17

Celia - la más hermosa flor

0

Celia - la más hermosa flor
2015-10-10

Chop Chop Chang: Operation C.H.I.M.P

6

Chop Chop Chang: Operation C.H.I.M.P
2019-01-11

Another Day of Life

7.4

Another Day of Life
2018-10-26

Improper Conduct

5.6

Improper Conduct
1984-03-21

Angola: The War

0

Angola: The War
2017-06-01

Muerte al invasor

5.3

Muerte al invasor
1962-07-25

Castro: The World's Most Watched Man

7.3

Castro: The World's Most Watched Man
2015-10-22

Jack Paar: Smart Television

0

Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003-11-29

Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000

6.5

Cuba: Battle of the 10,000,000
1971-01-01

The CIA's War Against Cuba

0

The CIA's War Against Cuba
1987-01-11

0

Santiago Files
2011-09-23

6.5

Elián
2017-04-21

Cuba, un aller et un retour

0

Cuba, un aller et un retour
2018-12-31

Cuba, el valor de una utopía

0

Cuba, el valor de una utopía
2006-12-01

6

Topaz
1969-12-17

6

Wasp Network
2020-01-29

I Am a Son of America

5

I Am a Son of America
1972-01-02

6

Oswald's Ghost
2007-07-14

0

Brascuba
1987-06-25

Cuban Rebel Girls

2

Cuban Rebel Girls
1959-12-25

6.9

Ethel
2012-01-20

Salvador Allende

6.6

Salvador Allende
2004-09-08

Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century

6

Chavismo: The Plague of the 21st Century
2018-06-15

Amérique latine, l'année de tous les dangers

0

Amérique latine, l'année de tous les dangers
2019-03-15

Assassinating Franco

0

Assassinating Franco
2016-11-25

The War on Democracy

7.5

The War on Democracy
2007-06-15

On Company Business

5.5

On Company Business
1980-04-14

American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?

0

American Expose: Who Murdered JFK?
1988-11-02

5.8

El Che
2017-09-01

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

5.6

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993-01-20

Dear Fidel: Marita's Story

5.3

Dear Fidel: Marita's Story
2001-11-14

Fidel Castro: Life for the Revolution

6.5

Fidel Castro: Life for the Revolution
2004-04-26

6.1

Naqoyqatsi
2002-09-02

7 Days in Havana

5.7

7 Days in Havana
2012-04-05

ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium

7.4

ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium
2019-01-11

The Inconclusive Independence

6.5

The Inconclusive Independence
2010-01-05

A Grin Without a Cat

7.7

A Grin Without a Cat
1977-11-23

Portrait of Castro's Cuba

0

Portrait of Castro's Cuba
1991-04-07

Mission Mind Control

0

Mission Mind Control
1979-01-30

The Exploitation of Man by Man

0

The Exploitation of Man by Man
1972-10-18

Mentiras verdaderas

5.5

Mentiras verdaderas
2011-10-11

0

Guerilleros
2015-08-26

Informe especial

2

Informe especial
1984-07-06

7

Spycraft
2021-01-20

How to Become a Tyrant

7.356

How to Become a Tyrant
2021-07-09

Faith of the Century: A History of Communism

8.5

Faith of the Century: A History of Communism
1999-10-06

7.5

Explained
2018-05-23

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

Bobby Kennedy for President

7.7

Bobby Kennedy for President
2018-04-27

Le Siècle des icônes

6.5

Le Siècle des icônes
2022-12-27

Cuba, la révolution et le monde

7.2

Cuba, la révolution et le monde
2019-11-26

La Case du siècle

7.5

La Case du siècle
2010-09-12

Minnesota Experience

0

Minnesota Experience
2018-09-17