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

Rio's conservative state governor Claudio Castro hailed the operation as a "success" against "narcoterrorism," even as activists voiced their horror at harrowing images of bodies lined up in the street.

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The governor of Rio state, Cláudio Castro, described Red Command members as "narcoterrorists" and called the four police officers killed in the raid "heroes".

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A "large quantity" of drugs was confiscated, Governor Claudio Castro said Tuesday, without giving details on the type or amount.

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"This is not ordinary crime, but narcoterrorism," Rio state governor Claudio Castro wrote Tuesday on X, where he shared a video from the fighting.

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The employee was not visibly intoxicated and told HR she was unaware the drink contained alcohol, Castro testified.

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