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Some Key Dates in the Life of Fidel Castro

13 August 1926: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is born in Birán.14 January 1934: Fulgencio Batista, head of the Army General Staff, overthrows president.4 September 1945: Fidel Castro enters the University of Havana, enrolling in the faculties of law and social science.July-September 1947: Fidel Castro takes part in preparations for the frustrated Cayo Confites expedition to topple the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic.31 March 1948: As part of a trip through several Latin American

Fidel Castro – Presente

25 NOVEMBER 1956 – Fidel Castro, along with 81 other revolutionaries, among whom were Che Guevara and Raul Castro, sets sail on the Granma from the Mexican port of Tuxpan for Cuba, to start an armed struggle for liberation.25 November 2016, exactly sixty years later, Fidel Castro sets sail alone, leaving behind multitudes who claim, 'Yo Soy Fidel or I am Fidel'. Entire Cuba reverberated with this slogan, with many from all around the world joining the chorus.

Homage to Fidel Castro

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on November 26.COMMANDANT-IN-CHIEF Fidel Castro Ruz, outstanding leader of the Cuban revolution, staunch internationalist and architect of socialism is no more.The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) pays its respectful homage to the memory of this towering revolutionary figure who did so much to shape the revolutionary movements in the second half of the 20th century.Fidel Castro brilliantly led the revolutionary uprising against the hated Batista regime in Cuba.

Fidel, the Eternal Revolutionary

FIDEL Castro was a towering revolutionary figure of the twentieth century. The revolution he led in tiny Cuba had an impact over time which was magnified manifold.The overthrow of the hated Batista regime led to the first socialist revolution in the Western hemisphere.  Under Fidel’s dynamic leadership, Cuba emerged from the shackles of semi-colonialism and of being a playground for the mafia and the wealthy from the United States.

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