Castro

[kas-troh, kahs-traw]

noun

1. Cipriano 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.

2. Fidel Fidel Castro Ruz, 1926–2016, Cuban revolutionary and political leader: prime minister 1959–76 and president 1976–2008.

3. Raúl Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz, born 1931, Cuban revolutionary and political leader: minister of defense 1959–2008 and president 2008–2018.

Castro

/ ˈkæstrəʊ, ˈkastro /

noun

1. Fidel (fɪˈdɛl; Spanish fiˈðɛl). full name Fidel Castro Ruz. born 1927, Cuban revolutionary and statesman: led the communist overthrow of the Batista dictatorship in 1959; prime minister (1959–76), president (1976–2008)

Example Sentences

Outgoing president Xiomara Castro, who was the country's first female president when she took office in 2021 for the Libre party, is not allowed to run for a second term under Honduran law.

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But Castro has maintained a cooperative relationship with the US, agreeing to preserve a long-running extradition treaty with the United States.

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Rosario Castro, a victim of the failings and a member of Amama, dismissed the authorities' response as wholly inadequate.

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Edison has reconnected 121 customers who previously lost power in other areas also affected by the landslides, Castro said.

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Ms. Castro de Zelaya’s attacks on entrepreneurs and foreign investors have discouraged new capital formation and the job creation the nation needs.

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