Fidel Castro Fidel Castro was the Cuban Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974, and then became president of Cuba in 1974. Castro is still president of Cuba today. Castro was born on August 13, 1927 in Mayari. His father was an immigrant from Galcia, Spain. He attended Catholic schools as a child. In 1945, he went to the University of Havana. He got his degree in law in 1950. He married Mirta Diaz-Balart in 1948, and he then divorced her in 1954. He first …showed first 75 words of 772 total…

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