When Fidel Castro died on November 25, 2016, many people around the world responded with mixed emotions.
About the Author: Sarah Fabiny has written several Who Was? titles, including biographies of Beatrix Potter, Frida Kahlo, Rachel Carson, and Gloria Steinem..
Called a leader by some and a dictator by others, Castro defined not one but several eras in world politics.
While in power, Castro outlasted ten US presidents and turned the small nation into a one-party state with influence over the entire world.
After overthrowing Fulgencia Batista in 1959, Fidel Castro became the leader of an island country only ninety miles away from Florida.
Learn all about the man who shaped Cuba for more than half a decade.
When Fidel Castro died on November 25, 2016, many people around the world responded with mixed emotions
