Fidel

[ fi-del; Spanish fee-thel ]

/ fɪˈdɛl; Spanish fiˈðɛl /

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noun

a male given name.

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How to use Fidel in a sentence

Into that glut of information, Cuban-born playwright Machado incorporates magical realism — a strategy that adds a sense of wonder and possibility but ultimately helps keep “Celia and Fidel” from being a satisfying riff on history.
She might get top billing, but ‘Celia and Fidel’ at Arena Stage shortchanges the female revolutionary|Celia Wren|October 27, 2021|Washington Post
One wishes that, in this play, she came across as less of a dramaturgical Fidel accessory.
She might get top billing, but ‘Celia and Fidel’ at Arena Stage shortchanges the female revolutionary|Celia Wren|October 27, 2021|Washington Post
President Miguel Diaz-Canel has only been Cuba’s undisputed leader since the retirement of Fidel’s brother Raul Castro as party chief three months ago.
What the Protests in Cuba Mean for the Future of Communism and U.S. Relations|Ian Bremmer|July 16, 2021|Time
The name Castro still carries plenty of weight within the party and the army, but Raul is now 90 years old, and the new politburo is composed almost entirely of a younger generation of leaders who can’t match Fidel’s political charisma.
What the Protests in Cuba Mean for the Future of Communism and U.S. Relations|Ian Bremmer|July 16, 2021|Time

In 1950, Serna earned his Ph.D. from the University of Havana, where he had befriended a classmate named Fidel Castro.
Obama’s One Hand Clap With Castro|Doug McIntyre|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A twinned, imagined narrative of a fictitious Fidel Castro and a Miami exile intent on assassinating him.
Book Bag: Great Books About Cuba|Julia Cooke|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Today, as president, he constantly praises Fidel and Raúl in his speeches and frequently travels to the island.
Venezuela Says Goodbye to Its Lil Friend, While the Rest of the Continent Cheers|Catalina Lobo-Guererro|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Before Fidel, when segregation was in full swing, the Cuban apartheid meant many clubs and parks still refused black Cubans entry.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
MIAMI — Fidel Castro seized power in January 1959 after waging a guerilla war against then-dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Cuba Is A Kleptocracy, Not Communist|Romina Ruiz-Goiriena|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He is the most remarkable in-fidel in the United States, and I really think he believes what he preaches.
Hesperothen; Notes from the West, Vol. II (of 2)|W. H. Russell
He banishes his sons-in-law with his two daughters to the same desert place where Fidel formerly lived.
Basque Legends|Wentworth Webster
While they are at breakfast the old general asks Fidel if he also does not know something to relate?
Basque Legends|Wentworth Webster
Fidel says to her, “Yes, I see again this terrible thing; it is coming after us quickly, and is going to catch us.”
Basque Legends|Wentworth Webster
He sends away his beautiful horse with all his things, and Fidel stops there, not being able to drag his old horse out of the mud.
Basque Legends|Wentworth Webster