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Fidel Castro

1926 – 2016 Cuban Leader of Cuba

Cuban leader and target of many CIA assassination plots.

Affiliations
Communist leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008; the target of numerous documented CIA assassination and overthrow plots.

Fidel Castro led the Cuban Revolution and ruled Cuba as a communist state from 1959 to 2008. His government's alignment with the Soviet Union made him a central Cold War adversary of the United States. He was the target of many documented CIA plots to assassinate or overthrow him, including the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.

Connections

  • ally of Che Guevara — Central comrade in the Cuban Revolution and government.
  • ally of Che Guevara — His most famous comrade in the Cuban Revolution.
  • ally of Nikita Khrushchev — Backed Cuba and placed the missiles at the heart of the 1962 crisis.
  • ally of Nikita Khrushchev — Soviet patron whose missiles triggered the 1962 crisis.
  • family of Raul Castro — His brother, comrade and eventual successor.
  • family of Raul Castro — His brother, whom he succeeded as Cuba's leader.

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