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Apr 02, 1977 - Berlin, Germany - A Cuban revolutionary leader who led his country from January 1959 until his retirement in February 2008, FIDEL CASTRO transformed Cuba into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. Although the US has tried hard to get rid of him, President Castro outlasted no fewer than nine American presidents since he took power in 1959. He has remained Cuba s dictatorial ruler for so long that nearly three-quarters of its people have known no other leader. PICTURED: A German Communist politician ERICH HONECKER greeting FIDEL CASTRO on Berlin airport. Berlin Germany - ZUMAk09

Apr 02, 1977 - Berlin, Germany - A Cuban revolutionary leader who led his country from January 1959 until his retirement in February 2008, FIDEL CASTRO transformed Cuba into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. Although the US has tried hard to get rid of him, President Castro outlasted no fewer than nine American presidents since he took power in 1959. He has remained Cuba s dictatorial ruler for so long that nearly three-quarters of its people have known no other leader. PICTURED: A German Communist politician ERICH HONECKER greeting FIDEL CASTRO on Berlin airport. Berlin Germany - ZUMAk09

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Apr 02, 1977 - Berlin, Germany - A Cuban revolutionary leader who led his country from January 1959 until his retirement in February 2008, FIDEL CASTRO transformed Cuba into the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere. Although the US has tried hard to get rid of him, President Castro outlasted no fewer than nine American presidents since he took power in 1959. He has remained Cuba s dictatorial ruler for so long that nearly three-quarters of its people have known no other leader. PICTURED: A German Communist politician ERICH HONECKER greeting FIDEL CASTRO on Berlin airport. Berlin Germany - ZUMAk09

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