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Fidel Castro 1926-2016: Cuban Revolutionary Leader

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Jan 26, 2006; Havana, Cuba; 'Fatherland or Death.' Fidel Castro on a roadside billboard celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. Fidel Castro has been the head of government since 1959, first as prime minister and, after the abolition of that office with the adoption of the 1976 Constitution, as President of the Council of State, which also serves as head of state.Cuba was first visited by Europeans when explorer Christopher Columbus made landfall here for the first time on October 28, 1492, at the eastern tip of Cuba. The Bay of Pigs invasion of April 1961 by U.S. backed Cuban expatriates failed because U.S. president John F. Kennedy left the invaders stranded for fear of getting officially involved (Credit Image: © Henk van der Leeden/TCS/ZUMAPRESS.com)

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Fidel Castro 1926-2016: Cuban Revolutionary Leader
Jan 26, 2006; Havana, Cuba; 'Fatherland or Death.' Fidel Castro on a roadside billboard celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. Fidel Castro has been the head of government since 1959, first as prime minister and, after the abolition of that office with the adoption of the 1976 Constitution, as President of the Council of State, which also serves as head of state.Cuba was first visited by Europeans when explorer Christopher Columbus made landfall here for the first time on October 28, 1492, at the eastern tip of Cuba. The Bay of Pigs invasion of April 1961 by U.S. backed Cuban expatriates failed because U.S. president John F. Kennedy left the invaders stranded for fear of getting officially involved (Credit Image: © Henk van der Leeden/TCS/ZUMAPRESS.com)