when did fidel castro take power
Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-) established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He ruled over Cuba for nearly five decades, until handing off power to his younger brother RaÃºl in 2008.
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (American Spanish: [fiËÃ°el aleËxandÉ¾o ËkastÉ¾o Ërus] audio (helpÂ·info); born August 13, 1926), commonly known as Fidel Castro, is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008.