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Fidel Castro Ruz's birth
August 13, 1926 - Fidel Castro Ruz was born in eastern Cuban hamlet of Biran. his father, Ángel Castro y Argiz was an immigrant from Spain, and was a fairly successful sugarcane farmer. -
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Castro's life
After his graduation in 1950, Castro began to practice law and became a member of the Cuban People’s Party. He became their candidate for a seat in the House of Representatives from a Havana district in the elections scheduled for June 1952 -
Castro gets arrested
In July 1953, Castro led about 120 men in an attack on the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. The attack failed, many of his men were killed, and Castro was sentenced to 15 years in prison, then they released Castro 2 years later. -
Castro's rebel force
Castro began to organize a rebel force for the task in 1953, after legal means failed to dislodge Batista’s new dictatorship. On July 26, 1953, he led about 160 men in a suicidal attack on the Moncada military barracks in Santiago de Cuba in hopes of sparking a popular uprising. Most of the men were killed, and Castro was arrested. -
Castro's army
On December 2, 1956, Castro and 81 armed men arrived in Cuba. Only Fidel, Raúl, and Ernesto Che Guevara, and a few others, survived against the Batista forces. With the help of revolutionary volunteers, Fidel Castro’s army defeated some of the Batista forces. They launched a propaganda campaign to get support from Cubans. -
Castro revolution
The revolutionary leader, Castro became commander in chief of Cuba’s new provisional government, which had Manuel Urrutia, a moderate liberal, as its president. In February 1959 Castro became premier and thus head of the government. -
Castro government
In April 1961 the U.S. government secretly prepared thousands of Cuban exiles to defeat Castro’s government at the Bay of Pigs however, they were crushed by Castro’s armed forces. -
missiles
in October 1962, the United States discovered that nuclear missiles had been stationed just 90 miles from Florida, After a 13-day standoff, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles against the wishes of Castro, who was left out of the agreements. In return, U.S. President John F. Kennedy publicly said he would take American nuclear weapons out of Turkey. -
Castro and Raúl
He temporarily gave control of the government to Raúl after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery. Two years later, in 2008, he permanently resigned. -
Castro's death
Castro died on November 25, 2016, at the age of 90. His death was announced on state television. Castro was buried in the city of Santiago de Cuba.
