Fidel Alejendro Castro Ruz commonly known as Fidel Castro,was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1976 to 2008 .The charismatic icon of leftist revolution who thrust his Caribbiean nation onto the world stage by provoking cold war confirmation and defying U.S policy through !! administrations, has died .He was 90.
With his trademark fatigues and scruffy beard ,Castro wore his defiance of western capitalism like a badge of honor , accomplishing the unlikely feat of keeping communism alive feat of keeping communism alive in the western hemisphere two decades after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Castro was both bellicose and swashbuckling, a personality forged by prison,exile and revolution.But after early success in health care and education, his government lost much of its luster in later years , as a it failed to create economic opportunities and authorities resorted to repression to maintain control.
His last years were spent quietly as his brother Raul took helm.The younger Castro launched cautious reforms in an effort to steer Cuba out of poverty, and in July 2015 restored diplomatic relations with the United States after a half-century breach.
Castro revolution touched off an exodus, and the thousands of Cubans who reached Florida forever changed the character ,culture and politicsof the expatriate community,where many wee convinced for years they could return home when he died.
The years became decades, and news of Castro's death touched off noisy celebrations in Florida,especially Miami,early saturday morning.
"Fidel's passion for Cuba and Guevar's revolutionary ideas ignited each other like wildfire,in an intense flare of light.one was impulsive,the other thoughtful; one emotional and optimistic,the other cold and skeptical.Without Ernesto Guevara ,Fidel Castro might never have become a communist.Without Fidel Castro ,Ernesto Guevara might never have been more than a Marxist theoretician, an idealistic intellectual,"Castaneda wrote.
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