Fidel Castro
No. of pages 48
Published: 2001
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This book is part of a book series called Famous Lives .
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2001 by Hachette Children's Group .
Tom Gibb has been a BBC journalist in Latin America for 12 years, working in Havana since 1996. He has listened to may speeches by Fidel Castro and interviewed people who know him personally.
This book is in the following series:
Famous Lives
An ideal introduction to important characters from the past.
This book features the following character:
Fidel Castro
After overthrowing Fuigencia Batista in 1959, Fidel Castro became the leader of Cuba, an island country only ninety miles away from Florida. While in power, Castro outlasted ten US presidents and turned the small nation into a one-party state with influence over the entire world. Called a leader by some and a dictator by others, Castro defined not one but several eras in world politics.
