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Fidel Castro

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born

August 13, 1926 in Birán, Cuba

gender

male

website

http://www.granma.cu/

genre

Nonfiction

influences

Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Jose Marti, Che Guevara

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Former stateleader and military commander of Cuba.

He was arrested in 1953 when he attacked a military barack with his men. He was released by a general pardon in 1955. After the pardon he fled Cuba.

In 1956 he returned to Cuba and after a first armed attack in Oriente. They went into the mountains to wage a guerilla war. Which led in 1959 to the fall of Batista. After the revolution he became the president and military chief of Cuba, untill he gave over the power to his brother and fellow veteran Raul.

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Books by Fidel Castro

Average rating: 3.76 · 998 ratings · 100 reviews · 120 distinct works

	My Life: A Spoken Autobiography by Fidel Castro, Ignacio Ramonet 3.99 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2006 — 21 editions	My rating:
	History Will Absolve Me 3.83 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1961 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Che: A Memoir by Fidel Castro (Editor), David Deutschmann (Editor) 3.63 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1381 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Fidel & Religion: Conversations with Frei Betto on Marxism & Liberation Theology by Fidel Castro, Frei Betto (Contributor), Armando Hart (Foreword) 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	My rating:
	War, Racism and Economic Injustice: The Global Ravages of Capitalism by Fidel Castro, Alexandra Keeble 3.55 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	To Speak the Truth: Why Washington's 'Cold War' Against Cuba Doesn't End by Fidel Castro, Che Guevara 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Prison Letters of Fidel Castro by Fidel Castro (Editor), Luis Conte Aguero (Epilogue by), Ann Louise Bardach (Introduction) 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Fidel Castro Reader by Fidel Castro (Editor), David Deutschmann (Editor), Deborah Shnookal (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Capitalism in Crisis: Globalization and World Politics Today 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Fidel: My Early Years by Fidel Castro, Deborah Shnookal (Editor), Pedro Alvarez Tabmo (Editor) 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004	My rating:

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Quotes by Fidel Castro

“A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle between the future and the past.”
― Fidel Castro

tags: conflict , revolution , society , time

49 people liked it

“The ever more sophisticated weapons piling up in the arsenals of the wealthiest and the mightiest can kill the illiterate, the ill, the poor and the hungry, but they cannot kill ignorance, illness, poverty or hunger.”
― Fidel Castro

tags: hunger , ignorance , illness , oppression , poverty , war , wealth , weapons , weapons-of-mass-destruction

26 people liked it

“Today, the entire country is an immense University.”
― Fidel Castro

8 people liked it

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