Fidel Castro

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El Comandante

Fidel Castro
Portrait of comrade Fidel
Born
Fidel Hipólito Castro Ruz

(1926-08-13)August 13, 1926
Birán, Cuba
DiedNovember 25, 2016(2016-11-25) (aged 90)
Havana, Cuba
Cause of deathNatural causes
NationalityCuban
Political orientationMarxism-Leninism
Political partyCommunist Party of Cuba

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (August 13th, 1926 — November 25th, 2016) was a Cuban Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and a leader of the Cuban Revolution, alongside Che Guevara. He served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011.

In 1992, Fidel warned that climate change was an existential threat to the human species[1]

“An important biological species is at risk of disappearing due to the rapid and progressive liquidation of its natural living conditions: man”

Failed Assassination Attempts

The Cuban security services have documented after investigations over 600 attempts to murder Fidel Castro up until the year 2007.[2] These failed attempts by the CIA, directly or indirectly, had many methods. Some of the many attempts included: Snipers, explosives placed in his shoes, explosives inside a baseball, and poison injected into a cigar.[3]

References

  1. "Fidel Castro Warned Us Of Climate Change" (2019-08-08). Qcostarica.
  2. Fabián Escalante (2016-07-25). "Objetivo: Fidel" Cuba Debate. Archived from the original on 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  3. "Fidel, la persona que más veces intentaron matar" (2011-12-15). Cuba Debate. Archived from the original on 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2023-03-06.