Rare Image of Fidel Castro

Rare Image of Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008.

Castro is a controversial and highly divisive world figure, being lauded as a champion of anti-imperialism, humanitarianism, socialism and environmentalism by his supporters, but his critics have accused him of being a dictator whose authoritarian administration has overseen multiple human rights abuses both at home and abroad.


Image: Cuban President Fidel Castro (3rd row, R) in 1961; Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro now