2006-08-12 10:17:21 · 10 answers · asked by Just ask Fidel Castro 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Fidel Castro, Political Leader
* Born: 13 August 1926
* Birthplace: Oreinte Province, Cuba
* Best Known As: Marxist revolutionary and leader of Cuba
Fidel Castro has been the undisputed leader of Cuba since 1959, when his Marxist revolutionary forces toppled the regime of Fulgencio Batista. Castro was educated in Catholic schools and studied law at the University of Havana. In 1953 he was involved in a first unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Batista. Imprisoned, then exiled to Mexico, Castro returned to Cuba in 1956 to again lead a revolution. He joined forces with revolutionary Ernest "Che" Guevara and overthrew Batista in 1959. Çastro led Cuba in overcoming U.S. opposition (including assassination attempts and the famous 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion ordered by John F. Kennedy) largely through the support of the now-defunct Soviet Union. On July 31, 2006, he had intestinal surgery and entrusted leadership to his brother Raul. It was the first time Castro had relinquished power.
Fidel's younger brother Raúl is his longtime deputy and second-in-command. Raúl was born on 3 June 1931... Some scholars believe that Fidel Castro was born in 1927. Peter G. Bourne's 1986 book Fidel, for instance, suggests that his birthdate was pushed back to 1926 so that Fidel could be enrolled in school a year early. In his 1998 autobiography Fidel: My Early Years, Castro himself gives 1926 as the year, and continues: "I was 26 when I began the armed struggle, and I was born on the 13th, which is half of 26... Now that I think of it, there may be something mystical about the number 26."
2006-08-13 02:52:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
FOR WOOLEYBOOLEY: tHOUSANDS BAIL FROM CUBA BECAUSE THE US WILL NOT LET THEM LEAVE. THE US ALLOWS SO MANY CUBANS INTO THEIR COUNTRY PER YEAR. MY REGIME DOES NOT STOP THEM. THE ONE'S WHO LEAVE BY BOAT ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THE US CAUSE THE US WONT LET THEM IN. WHY DO YOU ASK, IF CUBA'S SO GREAT WHY DO THEY WANT TO LEAVE. BECAUSE IN ANY THIRD WORLD COUNTRY, PEOPLE WANT OR DREAM OF A BETTER LIFE. IM STOPPING NO ONE FROM LEAVING.
2006-08-12 17:41:26 · answer #2 · answered by Just ask Fidel Castro 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loves? The lackeys that surround him. Not the millions of Cubans that were forced to bail from there, or the thousands he has killed and imprisoned.
2006-08-12 17:21:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i love that he and some fighters took arm against the puppet government, but of what he has done to his people is just not right.
2006-08-12 17:21:14 · answer #4 · answered by Zarcaris 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
dude get a life. do u not have any other questions?
2006-08-12 17:20:03 · answer #5 · answered by lia86 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
get a green card, you illegal b*stard.
2006-08-12 17:19:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i do sometime
2006-08-12 17:19:52 · answer #7 · answered by Jubei 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
screw you, you commy *****.
2006-08-12 17:27:35 · answer #8 · answered by ironhead 420 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
heck no!!
2006-08-12 17:20:44 · answer #9 · answered by ωнєη уσυ ѕмιℓє уσυ мαкє мє ѕмιℓє 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I DON'T
2006-08-12 17:19:35 · answer #10 · answered by rogue_roque 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋