who is fidel castro?

Question

i've heard people saying stuff like "viva fidel". who is he and what makes him such a good/bad person?

Answer 1

BAD. hes the dictator of cuba. not a good guy. idk y they'd be saying that tho...cuz that would mean "long live fidel"....which doesnt make much sense since he's a crazy dictator......oh well...

Answer 2

Well.. like in any other DICTATORIAL country !!
Cuba had a Dictator=President ..Fidel Castro
for so many years
where some said!... "Viva Fidel" (favourable)
and others "Died Fidel" (against him)
young people..they say VIVA Fidel.. because they did not where there in the 50's...under the "laws of A dictator Fidel"

Answer 3

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.
Extra credit: Fidel's younger brother Raúl Castro 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."

Answer 4

Fidel Catro was the communist dictator of Cuba, a "enemy" of the U.S. They have been our enemy ever since the Cold War. Fidel Castro was a leader of the Communist movement in Cuba and lead to the forming of the Communist government in Cuba. Ever since he was hospitalized, many questioned the Cuban government and how it would stand with the famous leader going out of the scene. Since than, his brother has taken power and currently rules Cuba.

Answer 5

Fidel led the Cuban revolution back in 59 and is in power since than. He had a strong dictatorship - not as bad as the Korean or the Stalinist regime - but still dictatorship. He is not counted between the good guys.

See details on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro

Answer 6

I heard fidel castro is a maricon. Him and Che Guevarra
use to get it on in the bushes at nite in Cuba.

Answer 7

President of Cuba, sorry this is so long, but Castro is pretty complicated.

Born into a large, prosperous Cuban farming family in Mayari, near Brian, Cuba, on August 13, 1926 or 1927, Castro attended Jesuit schools and later studied law in Havana. During his student years, he was a political activist. Upon receiving his degree in 1950, he established a private law practice and joined the reformist Cuban People's Party. In 1952 he planned to run for a parliamentary seat. However, Gen. Batista overthrew the government and canceled the election. Castro first challenged the Batista regime in court, but in 1953 organized an unsuccessful rebel force. Castro was arrested, tried and put in jail until 1955. He next went to Mexico to organize a new force, one that became known as the 26 of July Movement. In 1956 this group launched its attack, again meeting a bloody defeat. Castro and his followers next began a guerrilla war against the corrupt and by now very unpopular Batista regime. They quickly built a large following, also thanks to an effective propaganda campaign. On January 1, 1959, Castro triumphantly took power.

Having received widespread support from numerous Cubans because of his promises to restore the 1940 constitution, pursue a moderate program and respect civil liberties, Castro quickly disappointed many sympathizers with his radical policies after 1960. It turned out that the Cuban revolution involved a far-reaching transformation of Cuban society led by the state, which, for its part, was dominated by the communist party. The hostility of the United States could be taken for granted virtually from the start. Washington, under President Eisenhower, had already resolved to bring the Castro regime down, if necessary by violence. Disinclined to work with the Americans and in the face of U.S. hostility, Castro quickly intensified his cooperation with the Soviet Union. Cuban-U.S. relations deteriorated further when John Kennedy entered the White House, and they reached a crisis point with the CIA-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion by Cuban exiles in April 1961. This event contributed heavily to the Soviet decision the following year to station nuclear missiles in Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis, during which Castro's influence was very limited, brought the world as close to the brink of nuclear war as it has ever been.

Castro remained fairly popular in Cuba. Many Cubans seemed to benefit from the redistribution, education and health policies of his regime. Those who opposed Castro often tried to flee the country for the United States before the regime could arrest them.

Answer 8

He's the dictator of a cumunest nation Cuba.

Answer 9

He is the current Communist Dictator of Cuba... currently an old man in the hospital but still the Dictator...

Answer 10

He is the communist dictator of Cuba who has been in power for about 40 years or so and has killed anyone who was against his dictatorship .

Answer 11

He is the President of Cuba.