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Birth Of Fidel
Fidel Castro was born on the 13 of August in the year 1926 in Biran Cuba -
Overthrow For Power
on July 26 1953, Castro leads an armed up rising against the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.The guerrillas (a group of soldiers and fighters, lead by Che Guevara, along side Fidel Castro) held their ground, launched a counterattack and wrested control from Batista on January 1, 1959. Castro arrived in Havana a week later and soon took over as prime minister. At the same time, revolutionary tribunals began trying and executing members of the old regime for alleged war crimes. -
Mass Genocide On The Cuban People
Most of the executions were done on los paredones which is a wall that he used to kill. Firing squads were sent to the people of cuba who opposed his betrayal of the revolution. There was am man with the title of Col. Cornello Rojas, he was a chief police of Santa Clara. Rojas was sent to die without a trial, he and all the other people whom were to be executed were to wait in line for their turn. Fidel killed Rojas on Los Paredones (the wall) with a shot to the head. -
Mass Genocide On The Cuban People
Fidel Castro and his gang were known throughout Cuba for killing those who did not agree with him. Genocide watch (an international campaign to end genocide.) Fidel is held responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. This death toll includes all the people he had executed and those who died trying to flee the country. The estimated number of people killed is 35,000 to 141,000 from the years of 1959-1987. -
Mass Genocide On The Cuban People and The loss Of Freedom
Fidel did not discriminate between the people he killed, without reason and anybody who got in his way. He threw people in jail and took away their properties and didn't allow them to freely have what they want and need. -
End of Leadership
Fidel Castro was the longest ruling non-royal national leader. He ruled for a total of 52 years and 101 days. The reason that Fidel Castro had to step down was because his health had worsened and had to undergo a surgery for internal bleeding on July 21, 2006. With his state of health he passed the power to his brother in February 2007, but it was not until February 24, 2008 where his brother officially became president because the National Assembly of People's Power unanimously voted for Raul. -
Death Of Castro
Fidel Castro met his end on November 25 2016 at the age of 90. He died of natural causes.
