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Born Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz in 1926 he died in 2016. A revolutionary, he led Cuba from 1959 to 2008. Dictator and icon to some, he drew closer to the USSR and escaped numerous assassination attempts by the CIA. A look back at the 100th anniversary of his birth and the 10th anniversary of his death.
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