Castro
Americannoun
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Cipriano 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.
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Fidel Fidel Castro Ruz, 1926–2016, Cuban revolutionary and political leader: prime minister 1959–76 and president 1976–2008.
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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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The bodega and ration book system was implemented by late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in 1963, after the United States placed the island under embargo.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
Rations were further curtailed in 2008, when reformist ex-president Raul Castro eliminated what he called "undue subsidies and freebies" such as cigars, toothpaste and oil.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The childhood home of Fidel Castro in Birán, a rural village in an eastern Cuba, is now a historic site and museum.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Texas lawmaker Joaquin Castro, a Democrat, on Tuesday demanded the Venezuelan national's release from detention.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Now, outside a hotel in Harlem, in front of crowds and reporters, Castro and Khrushchev met for the first time.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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