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A landmark 1957 New York Times story called him "a powerful six-footer, olive-skinned...with a straggly beard" |
Fidel Castro
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WORLD LEADERS |
2017-07-12 |
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He transformed his country into the first Communist state in the Western Hemisphere |
Fidel Castro
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DJ |
WORLD LEADERS |
2006-07-26 |
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In April 2001 Kevin Costner screened his film "Thirteen Days" for this man, a key player in the events portrayed |
Fidel Castro
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WORLD LEADERS |
2001-10-01 |
#3926 |
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Unopposed, he was elected to his 5th term as president in 1998; he's been in power since 1959 |
Fidel Castro
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WORLD LEADERS |
1998-05-06 |
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This Cuban president is also the head of the Cuban Communist Party |
Castro
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$200 |
DJ |
WORLD LEADERS |
1994-02-18 |
#2185 |
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This dictator has been in power since 1959, the longest of any current leader in the Western Hemisphere |
Fidel Castro
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$400 |
DJ |
WORLD LEADERS |
1992-02-24 |
#1731 |
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He returned from exile in Mexico in 1956 & set up a guerrilla movement in Cuba's Sierra Maestra |
Fidel Castro
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$800 |
DJ |
WORLD LEADERS |
1991-10-31 |
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At 14, this future Cuban leader sent a letter to FDR asking him for a $10 bill because he'd never seen one |
Castro
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DJ |
WORLD LEADERS |
1990-09-10 |
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His brother Raul is the 2nd most powerful government official in Cuba |
Fidel Castro
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WORLD LEADERS |
1990-01-30 |
#1252 |
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In 1950 he graduated with a law degree from the University of Havana |
Fidel Castro
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$100 |
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WORLD LEADERS |
1987-07-01 |
#668 |
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Close, but no cigar: this Communist leader did a promo for CNN, but it was canned |
Castro
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$200 |
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WORLD LEADERS |
1987-01-01 |
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