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How Did Fidel Castro Rise To Power
Fidel Castro was a Cuban leader and was very powerful. From August 13, 1926– November 25, 2016.
For 49 years Fidel Castro was in power.
Castro loved to read, and spearfishing when he was a young man. Castro had health problems for smoking so he quit smoking in the year 1985.
Castro ruled cuba for nearly 5 decades before handing his power off to his younger brother 2008.
Castro was criticized for changing the economic powers and peoples freedom.
Castro was against racism and wanted to help people improve public health care.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the President of the United States during the Cold
War.
The Avtomat Kalashnikova or AK-47 was the 1947 assault rifle model, the AK-47 have 30 round magazines and a very easy weapon to learn how


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