Fidel Castro
Bearded Cuban revolutionary
Fidel Castro was the Cuban revolutionary who overthrew the Batista dictatorship in 1959 and ruled Cuba for nearly fifty years.
His communist government, alliance with the Soviet Union, and defiance of the United States made him a polarizing figure—hero to anti-imperialists, villain to Cold War Americans.
Castro outlasted ten U.S. presidents.
Facial hair growth
- cigarWrapped tobacco for smoking
- olive greenMuted yellowish forest hue
- capCovering for top
- uniformIdentical throughout
podium · combat boots · beret
Cuba's largest city
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- BatistaCuban military dictator
- sugar caneSucrose-yielding tropical grass
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
Che Guevara · Caribbean · embargo · Santería · exile · Mariel · literacy campaign · ration book
Failed 1961 invasion site
- KennedyIrish-origin surname, political dynasty
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
embargo · assassination attempts · containment · proxy war · nuclear · espionage · propaganda · blockade
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- nationalizationGovernment acquisition of industry
collectivization · central planning · anti-imperialism · state ownership · proletariat · ideology · redistribution · class struggle
Irregular armed fighter
- insurgentOne who revolts
- rebelAuthority defier
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- liberationRelease from constraint
overthrow · Batista · militant · radical · anti-imperialist · resistance · armed struggle · agrarian reform
Sole wielder of power
- totalitarianDictatorial, all-controlling regime
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
- strongmanPowerful lifter or despot
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
censorship · political prisoners · one-party rule · cult of personality · surveillance · opposition · human rights · exile
beard
Facial hair growth
- cigarWrapped tobacco for smoking
- olive greenMuted yellowish forest hue
- capCovering for top
uniform · podium · combat boots · beret
Havana
Cuba's largest city
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- BatistaCuban military dictator
- sugar caneSucrose-yielding tropical grass
Che Guevara · nationalization · Caribbean · embargo · Santería · exile · Mariel · literacy campaign · ration book · CDR
Bay of Pigs
Failed 1961 invasion site
- KennedyIrish-origin surname, political dynasty
- KhrushchevCold War Soviet premier
- CIAU.S. foreign intelligence service
Soviet Union · embargo · assassination attempts · containment · proxy war · nuclear · espionage · propaganda · blockade · détente
Marxism
Class-based revolutionary philosophy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
nationalization · collectivization · central planning · anti-imperialism · state ownership · proletariat · ideology · redistribution · class struggle · one-party state
guerrilla
Irregular armed fighter
liberation · overthrow · Batista · militant · radical · anti-imperialist · resistance · armed struggle · agrarian reform · vanguard
autocrat
Sole wielder of power
- totalitarianDictatorial, all-controlling regime
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
- strongmanPowerful lifter or despot
repression · censorship · political prisoners · one-party rule · cult of personality · surveillance · opposition · human rights · exile · propaganda
- 1959 EventsCuban Revolution, Barbie doll, Ben-Hur, Kind of Blue, Some Like It Hot
- Caribbean historyJamaica, Haiti, Barbados, Cuba, Trinidad
- Cuban CultureCelia Cruz, Che Guevara, Little Havana, guayabera, Cuban coffee
- Cuban FiguresChe Guevara
- Latin AmericansSimon Bolivar, Che Guevara, Juan Peron, Augusto Pinochet, Frida Kahlo
- Latin LeadersBolivar, Pinochet, Batista, Chavez, Lula
Fidel CastroRonald Reagan
Margaret Thatcher · Augusto Pinochet · Milton Friedman · Barry Goldwater · Ayn Rand
Fidel CastroCuban exiles
Those who fled Cuba
Marco Rubio · Ted Cruz · counterrevolutionary · Gloria Estefan
Fidel CastroChiang Kai-shek
Chinese Nationalist leader
John F. Kennedy · Ronald Reagan · Dwight Eisenhower · Richard Nixon · Lyndon B. Johnson