Fidel Castro - Article Index

Dictionary - Fidel Castro: American History Dictionary - Fidel Castro
Definition and meaning of Fidel Castro:   Castro, Fidel Castro was the leader of a rebel army that overthrew the corrupt and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fidel Castro: Encyclopedia - Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) has been the leader of Cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of July Movement, he overthrew the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fidel Castro: Encyclopedia Ii - Fidel Castro - Early Years In Power
On January 1, 1959, Castro's forces entered Havana and on January 5 the liberal law professor José Miró Cardona created a new governmen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Che Guevara: Encyclopedia Ii - Che Guevara - Disappearance From Cuba
In December 1964, Che Guevara travelled to New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to speak at the UN. He subsequently embarked...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fidel Castro: Encyclopedia Ii - Fidel Castro - Religion
Castro is an atheist and has not been a practicing Roman Catholic since his childhood. Pope John XXIII excommunicated Castro on January 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Che Guevara: Encyclopedia Ii - Che Guevara - Bolivia
Che Guevara - Insurgent. Speculation on Guevara's whereabouts continued throughout 1966 and into 1967. Finally, in a speech at the 196...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuba: Encyclopedia Ii - Cuba - Government And Politics
Main articles: Politics of Cuba and Elections in Cuba The Cuban constitution states that, "the Communist Party of Cuba...is the superior ...   » Read the article

Article - American History Sitemap I - F
This is a sitemap for American History - F . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Philippine-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philippine-related Topics - Events And History
List of Philippine-related topics - Events and history. List of Philippine-related topics - Pre-colonial period. Pre-colonial Philippi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1966: Encyclopedia Ii - 1966 - Events
1966 - January. January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Repu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century: Encyclopedia Ii - 20th Century - Significant People
20th century - World leaders. Africa Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togo Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia Jomo Ke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - January 3: Encyclopedia - January 3
January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 362 days (363 during leap years) remain in the year after this day. Janu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 11 March 2004 Madrid Train Bombings: Encyclopedia - 11 March 2004 Madrid Train Bombings
The 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings (also known as 11/3, 3/11, M-11 and 11-M) were a series of coordinated terrorist bombings against...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Che Guevara: Encyclopedia Ii - Che Guevara - Legacy
Che Guevara - Hero. While pictures of Guevara's dead body were being circulated and the circumstances of his death debated, his legend ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John F. Kennedy: Encyclopedia Ii - John F. Kennedy - Early Political Career
After World War II, Kennedy entered politics (partly to fill the void of his popular brother, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., on whom his family ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - P-51 Mustang: Encyclopedia Ii - P-51 Mustang - Genesis
Shortly after World war II began, in 1939, the British government established a purchasing commission in the United States, headed by Sir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Galloway: Encyclopedia Ii - George Galloway - War On Want
From 1983 to 1987, Galloway was General Secretary of War On Want, a charity founded by Harold Wilson. Galloway increased its income seven...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950s - People
1950s - World leaders. Prime Minister Robert Menzies (Australia) Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent (Canada) Prime Minister John Diefenb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ernest Hemingway: Encyclopedia Ii - Ernest Hemingway - Works
Ernest Hemingway - Novels/Noveletta. (1925) The Torrents of Spring (1926) The Sun Also Rises (1929) A Farewell to Arms (1937) To Have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Front De Libération Du Québec: Encyclopedia Ii - Front De Libération Du Québec - Michaëlle Jean
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, CC, CMM, COM, CD is the current Governor General of Canada. Michaëlle Jean was appo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gloria Estefan: Encyclopedia Ii - Gloria Estefan - Discography
Releases with the Miami Sound Machine: Renacer (1977) Miami Sound Machine (1978) Imported (1979) MSM (1980) Otra Vez (1981) Rio (1982) A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Che Guevara: Encyclopedia Ii - Che Guevara - Guatemala
Following his graduation from the University of Buenos Aires medical school in 1953, Guevara went on to Guatemala, where President Jacobo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Project Mkultra: Encyclopedia Ii - Project Mkultra - Legal Issues Involving Informed Consent
The revelations about the CIA and the Army prompted a number of subjects or their survivors to file lawsuits against the federal governme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Hispanics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Hispanics - Artists
List of Hispanics - Architects. Luis Barragán (1902–1988), 1980 Pritzker Prize Laureate. Ricardo Bofill (b. 1939), one of the mai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence: Encyclopedia Ii - Algerian War Of Independence - De Gaulle
A lot of people, French citizens or not, greeted Charles de Gaulle's return to power as the breakthrough needed to end the hostilities. O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1966: Encyclopedia Ii - 1966 - Deaths
1966 - January. January 1 - Vincent Auriol, President of France (b. 1884) January 11 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1910) Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Workers' Party Of Korea: Encyclopedia - Workers' Party Of Korea
The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK; Korean chosŏn'gŭl: 조선로동당; hanja: 朝鮮勞動黨; McCune-Reischauer: Chosŏn Rodong-dang; r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Propaganda: Encyclopedia Ii - Propaganda - Types Of Propaganda
Propaganda shares techniques with advertising. In fact, advertising can be thought of as propaganda that promotes a commercial product, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean War: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean War - Depiction
Korean War - Artistic depiction. Artist Pablo Picasso's painting Massacre in Korea (1951) depicted violence against civilians during th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Hispanics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Hispanics - Literature
See also List of Spanish language authors List of Hispanics - A–D. Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581?–1639), dramatist. Rafael Albert...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Philippine-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Philippine-related Topics - People
See also List of Filipinos. Chinese Filipino Japanese Filipino Filipino Americans * Filipino Canadians * Andres Bonifacio Antonio Fort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1956: Encyclopedia - 1956
1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1956 - Events. January 1 - End of Anglo-Egyptian Codominiu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Botulin Toxin: Encyclopedia - Botulin Toxin
Botulin toxin, popularly sold under the brand name Botox®, is a potent neurotoxin that has found a variety of remarkable uses in modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Central Intelligence Agency: Encyclopedia - Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about forei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benny Hinn: Encyclopedia - Benny Hinn
Tofik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn (born 1953, Jaffa, Israel) is a controversial Christian pastor. His ethnicity is Armenian-Greek and he was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1953: Encyclopedia - 1953
1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. 1953 - Events. January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950s: Encyclopedia - 1950s
1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1950s - Events and trends. The 1950s in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia Ii - 1960s - Events And Trends
Many of the trends of the 1960s were due to the demographic changes brought about by the baby boom generation, the height of the Cold War...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1959: Encyclopedia - 1959
1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. It is also a song by The Sisters of Mercy on the album Fl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 20th Century: Encyclopedia - 20th Century
The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 21st Century: Encyclopedia - 21st Century
The 21st century is the century that began on 1 January 2001 and will last to 31 December 2100. Frequently common usage regards the 21st ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alfredo Stroessner: Encyclopedia - Alfredo Stroessner
Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (born November 3, 1912) is a former politician and General from Paraguay who served as President and dictator...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2001 In Music: Encyclopedia - 2001 In Music
See also: 2000 in music, 2001 in music (UK), other events of 2001, 2002 in music, 2000s in music and the list of 'years in music' 2001 in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anti-communism: Encyclopedia - Anti-communism
Anti-communism is the opposition to communist ideology, organization, or government, on either an ideological or pragmatic basis. Anti-co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 2: Encyclopedia - April 2
2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. April 2 - Events. 69 - Ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 17: Encyclopedia - April 17
April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). There are 258 days remaining. April 17 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960 In Baseball: Encyclopedia - 1960 In Baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1960 throughout the world.   2000s 2009 • 2008 • 2007 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United States: Encyclopedia - United States
Constitution  • Completed  • Ratified  • Effective September 17, 1787 May 23, 1788 March 4, 1789 The United States ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - American Library Association: Encyclopedia - American Library Association
The American Library Association (ALA) promotes libraries and library education in the United States and internationally. It has approxim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1958: Encyclopedia - 1958
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. 1958 - Events. 1958 - January. January 1 - Treaty ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence: Encyclopedia - Algerian War Of Independence
The Algerian War of Independence (1954–62) was a period of guerrilla strikes, maquis fighting, terrorism against civilians on both side...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jesse Jackson: Encyclopedia - Jesse Jackson
Image:Jjack.jpeg The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is an American politician, civil rights activist, and Baptis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1965: Encyclopedia - 1965
1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). 1965 - Events. 1965 - January. January 4 - United States ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1966: Encyclopedia - 1966
1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) 1966 - Events. 1966 - January. January 1 - In a coup, C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1963: Encyclopedia - 1963
1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). 1963 - Events. 1963 - January. January 1 - CS...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1962: Encyclopedia - 1962
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). In Chinese Zodiac, the "year" of the Ox ended on Fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1960s: Encyclopedia - 1960s
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. Informally, it can a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1961: Encyclopedia - 1961
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). As MAD Magazine pointed out on its cover for the Mar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1967: Encyclopedia - 1967
1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 1967 - Events. 1967 - January. January 2 - Charlie C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Revolution: Encyclopedia - Revolution
A revolution is a relatively sudden, and absolutely drastic change (a "complete turn-around"). This may be a change in the social or poli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Propaganda: Encyclopedia - Propaganda
Propaganda is a specific type of message presentation directly aimed at influencing the opinions of people, rather than to impartially pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Orator: Encyclopedia - Orator
Orator is a Latin word for speaker (from the Latin verb oro, meaning "I speak" or "I pray"). In ancient Rome, the art of speaking in publ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2002: Encyclopedia - 2002
2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was designated the: International Year of Ecotourism and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communist Revolution: Encyclopedia - Communist Revolution
History of communism Schools of communism Marxism · Leninism Trotskyism · Maoism Council communism Religious communism Communist partie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wild Cards: Encyclopedia - Wild Cards
Wild Cards is a science fiction and superhero anthology series set in a shared universe. The series was created by a group of New Mexico ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vicente Fox: Encyclopedia - Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) is the current president of Mexico. He was elected in the 2000 presidential election, a historica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cigar Aficionado: Encyclopedia - Cigar Aficionado
Cigar Aficionado is an American magazine that is dedicated to the world of cigars. Published since September 1992, the magazine is known ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cigar: Encyclopedia - Cigar
A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco, one end of which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the sm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chilean Coup Of 1973: Encyclopedia - Chilean Coup Of 1973
The Chilean coup d'état of September 11, 1973 was a watershed event in the history of Chile and the Cold War. Historians and partisans a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Church Committee: Encyclopedia - Church Committee
The Church Committee is the common term referring to the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Resp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communist Party: Encyclopedia - Communist Party
History of communism Schools of communism Marxism · Leninism Trotskyism · Maoism Council communism Religious communism Communist partie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Venezuela: Encyclopedia - Venezuela
Note 2: Historical: Dios y Federación (English: God and Federation) Venezuela, officially named the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuban Revolution: Encyclopedia - Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista’s regime by the 26th of July Movement and the establishment of a new Cuban ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Daryl Bem: Encyclopedia - Daryl Bem
Daryl J. Bem is a noted social psychologist at Cornell University, USA, and the originator of the self-perception theory of attitude chan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuban Missile Crisis: Encyclopedia - Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a very tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nucl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Country Joe Mcdonald: Encyclopedia - Country Joe Mcdonald
"Country" Joe McDonald (born January 1, 1942 in Washington, D.C.) was the leader and lead singer of the 1960s rock & roll group "Coun...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Counterrevolutionary: Encyclopedia - Counterrevolutionary
A counterrevolutionary is anyone who opposes a revolution, particularly those who act after a revolution to try to overturn or reverse it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Che Guevara: Encyclopedia - Che Guevara
Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14, 1928 [›] – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara or el Che, was an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yousuf Karsh: Encyclopedia - Yousuf Karsh
Yousuf Karsh, CC (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was one of the world’s most renowned portrait photographers. Yousuf Karsh - Biog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Berlin Blockade: Encyclopedia - Berlin Blockade
The Berlin Blockade, one of the major crises of the Cold War, occurred from June 24, 1948 - May 11, 1949 when the Soviet Union blocked We...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bernard Cardinal Law: Encyclopedia - Bernard Cardinal Law
His Eminence Bernard Francis Cardinal Law, (born November 4, 1931 in Torreon, Mexico) is a Roman Catholic cardinal and former archbishop ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bay Of Pigs Invasion: Encyclopedia - Bay Of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion (also known in Cuba as Playa Girón after the beach in the Bay of Pigs where the landing took place) was a Unite...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bacardi: Encyclopedia - Bacardi
Bacardi is the world's largest privately held, family-owned spirits company; a producer of rums, including Bacardi Superior and Bacardi 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - August 13: Encyclopedia - August 13
August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. August 13 - Events. 31...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augusto Pinochet: Encyclopedia - Augusto Pinochet
General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military government that ruled Chile from 1973 t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pope John Xxiii: Encyclopedia - Pope John Xxiii
Pope John XXIII (Latin: Ioannes PP. XXIII), born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (November 25, 1881 – June 3, 1963), reigned as the 261st Pope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bolivarian Revolution: Encyclopedia - Bolivarian Revolution
The Bolivarian Revolution is an ongoing mass social movement and political process active in Venezuela; its most prominent leader is Hugo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charismatic Authority: Encyclopedia - Charismatic Authority
The sociologist Max Weber defined charismatic authority, also called charismatic domination, or charismatic leadership, as "resting on de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero: Encyclopedia - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero ▶ (help·info) (born August 4, 1960) is the Prime Minister of Spain. His party, the Spanish Socialist W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castro: Encyclopedia - Castro
Castro can refer to: Castro - People. Ramon Gomez Castro,was born in Ocana, North of Santander, Colombia, South America. Proffession M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Montgomery Burns: Encyclopedia - Montgomery Burns
Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns (usually simply Mr. Burns) (born September 15 in an unspecified year), a fictional character, is the own...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Assassination: Encyclopedia - Assassination
In its most common use, assassination has come to mean the killing of an important person. An assassin — one who carries out the assass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cuba: Encyclopedia - Cuba
The Republic of Cuba consists of the island of Cuba (the largest of the Greater Antilles), the Isle of Youth and various adjacent small i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - January 1: Encyclopedia - January 1
January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Here a calendar year refers to the order in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Project Mkultra: Encyclopedia Ii - Project Mkultra - The Experiments
Central Intelligence Agency documents suggest that the agency considered and explored uses of radiation for the purpose of mind control a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hugo Chávez: Encyclopedia Ii - Hugo Chávez - Presidency 1999–present
Chávez's first presidential inauguration in 1999 led to widespread transformation and turmoil. Venezuelan society under Chávez has seen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luis Tiant: Encyclopedia Ii - Luis Tiant - Career
Tiant was the only child of Luis Tiant, Sr. and Isabel Vega. From 1926 through 1948, the senior Tiant was a great left-handed pitcher for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Real People Appearing In Fictional Context: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Real People Appearing In Fictional Context - World Leaders & Politicians
List of real people appearing in fictional context - King Arthur. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Arthur, King of Time and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Political Parties In Cuba: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Political Parties In Cuba - The Parties
List of political parties in Cuba - Sole legal political party. Communist Party of Cuba (Partido Comunista de Cuba) List of politica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Manic Street Preachers: Encyclopedia Ii - Manic Street Preachers - History
Manic Street Preachers - Early years 1986-1991. The band - which was originally named Betty Blue (after the English title of French fil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Married... With Children: Encyclopedia Ii - Married... With Children - Characters
Married... with Children - Bundy family. Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill)– the father figure in the Bundy family. Is usually seen in his tradem...   » Read the article