Castro

American  

[kas-troh, kahs-traw] / ˈkæs troʊ, ˈkɑs trɔ /

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.

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Castro British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

Similar pictures appear in state museums across the island from the Bay of Pigs to Birán, the birthplace of the father of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro.

From BBC

The United States has imposed sanctions on Cuba almost continuously since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution.

From Barron's

The couple had long dreamed of a permanent space in the San Fernando Valley, the region that Castro Amalfitano was raised in and where the couple had since settled and raised their three children.

From Los Angeles Times

The media says Mr. Rubio is engaging with the Castro family.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their assets were expropriated by the new government of Fidel Castro.

From The Wall Street Journal