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FIDEL CASTRO
ON TRIAL AFTER ATTACK ON
MONCADA BARRACKS, 1953
After becoming a student activist and running for
Cuban congress, Fidel and his brother Raul formed an
underground organisation. Sick of the corrupt political
climate, they led an uprising against President Fulgencio
Batista but failed, and many militants were killed.
ENTRUSTING CUBA TO
BROTHER RAUL, 2008
In 2006, Castro handed over leadership of
Cuba to his brother Raul, leader of Cuba’s
armed forces. His ill health contributed to the
decision and he never returned to politics, with
Raul being unanimously voted in as president
on 24 February 2008. Here, the bothers are © Alamy, Getty Images
pictured at a Havana parade in 1996.
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