The title of an American book seemed just right: "Castro's Final Hour." That was in 1992.Ĭastro's "final hour" became weeks, then months, then years. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia, File) Show More Show Less trade embargo as well as dozens, possibly hundreds, of assassination plots, died eight years after ill health forced him to formally hand power over to his younger brother Raul, who announced his death late Friday, Nov. The bearded revolutionary, who survived a crippling U.S.
presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90. Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File) Show More Show Less 11 of18įILE - In this Aug.18, 1999 file photo, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro gestures at a speaking event as he explains that he does not understand why he is not blind after all the camera flashes he has received in Havana, Cuba.
3, 2006 file photo, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro speaks in Havana, Cuba.
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