Raúl Castro Reappears Amid Health Rumors
Raúl Castro, 95, publicly appeared at events in Cuba after rumors of hospitalization or critical illness, including a state television-covered ceremony for the 65th anniversary of the Interior Ministry’s Personal Security Directorate, in an effort to show he remains alive and involved. While observers note he looked frail, reports across outlets describe him as the island’s influential behind-the-scenes figure and continue to challenge the health rumors surrounding his condition.
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About Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011. He served as prime minister from 1959 to 1976, president from 1976 to 2008, and first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1965 until 2011. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, under his administration Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.
Everything about Fidel Castro →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, partisan, journalist
- Position held
- President of Cuba, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Prime Minister of Cuba, Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Born
- August 13, 1926
- Died
- November 25, 2016