Fidel Castro 93rd Birth Anniversary: Remembering Cuba’s Longest Serving Revolutionary Leader

13th August 2019 marks the 93rd birth anniversary of Cuba’s longest-serving leader, Fidel Castro. Castro became a symbol of the communist revolution in Latin America. The revolutionary leader governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. He handed over provisional power in July 2006 because of health problems and formally renounced presidency in February 2008.

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