Fidel
Americannoun
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It is the largest number of Cubans to arrive in the U.S. since the now-deceased Fidel Castro came to power in 1959 and significantly exceeds the 125,000 migrants who came in the Mariel boatlift of 1980.
The fossils come from at least five individuals and were first discovered by Fidel Torcida Fernández-Baldor of the Dinosaur Museum of Salas de los Infantes.
From Science Daily
It was from the Mexican coast that, in 1956, Fidel Castro sailed to Cuba along with Ernesto “Che” Guevara and other revolutionaries in the yacht Granma, launching an improbable but ultimately successful armed rebellion to overthrow U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista.
From Los Angeles Times
Fidel . . . so tall and sure of himself.
From Literature
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Fidel begins to speak, and his voice, so loud, so confident, sends a shiver up my spine.
From Literature
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