August 13, 2006
Spotlight of the Day: Fidel Castro
Cuban president Fidel Castro turns 80 today. He has not been seen in public since undergoing abdominal surgery about two weeks ago. His brother, Raul Castro, has been acting president. Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, when he and fellow revolutionary Che Guevara led a coup against the Batista regime. Aligned with the Soviet Union, Cuba brought the superpowers to the brink of war by allowing the Soviet Union to place nuclear warheads capable of reaching US soil in Cuba. US President Kennedy insisted that the weapons be removed and the Soviet Union backed down, thereby averting the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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August 16, 2006
daniele said:
I think fidel is….
http://flickr.com/photos/danielegaliffa/216727910/