Cuban revolutionary leader and one of longest serving leader in the world Fidel Castro, is dead.

This was announced by his younger brother President Raul Castro with a shaky voice on State television around 10:39pm on Friday.



Castro had been in poor health since an intestinal ailment nearly killed him in 2006.

He led Cuba for five decades and was the world’s third longest-serving head of state, after Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and the King of Thailand.

He took power in a 1959 revolution and ruled Cuba for 49 years with a mix of charisma and iron will, creating a one-party state and becoming a central figure in the Cold War.

He was demonised by the United States and its allies but admired by many leftists around the world, especially socialist revolutionaries in Latin America and Africa.

Castro claimed he had survived 634 attempts or plots to assassinate him — mainly masterminded by the Central Intelligence Agency and US-based exile organisations.

They may have included poison pills, a toxic cigar, exploding molluscs, and a chemically tainted diving suit.

Another alleged plan involved giving him powder that would make his beard fall out and so undermine his popularity.

Despite the plots, a US-backed exile invasion at the Bay of Pigs and five decades of economic sanctions, Mr Castro outlasted nine US presidents — from Dwight Eisenhower to Bill Clinton, stepping down while George W Bush was in office.

His alliance with Moscow helped trigger the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 — a 13-day showdown with the US that brought the world the closest it has been to nuclear war.

Fidel Castro died at the age of 90

http://nghubs.com/cuban-revolutionary-leader-dies-at-90/

Lalasticlala mynd44 Dominique

RIP
Such a fearless fighter he was.

hmmmmm, RIP castro....

i dont even know which is better between the scam called capitalism and the terror called communism.....

What Badass General

dominique:
RIP
Such a fearless fighter he was.

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Thanks..