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Castro

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Noun

1. castro, fidel castro, fidel castro ruz

Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)

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Castro

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noun
1. 
Fidel (fɪˈdɛl; Spanish fiˈðɛl). full name Fidel Castro Ruz. ?1926–2016, Cuban revolutionary and statesman: led the communist overthrow of the Batista dictatorship in 1959; prime minister (1959–76), president (1976–2008)
2. 
his brother Raúl (raˈul). full name Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz. born 1931, Cuban revolutionary and statesman; president (2008–2018)

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Castro

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Fiˈdel (fiˈdɛl ) ; fēdelˈ) 1926- ; Cuban revolutionary leader; prime minister (1959-76) & president (1976-2008)
: in full Fidel Castro Ruz (rus ; ro̅os)

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Castro

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Venezuelan soldier and politician who was president from 1899 to 1908, when he was suspended by the congress for his dictatorial policies.
Cuban revolutionary leader who overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and established a Communist state. He was Cuba's prime minister from 1959 until 1976, when he became president of the government and First Secretary of the Communist Party. In declining health, he passed de facto control of the government to his younger brother Raúl in 2006 and officially retired in 2008.
Cuban revolutionary leader who assisted his brother Fidel in overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He served as acting president (2006–2008) and as president (2008–2018).

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