c. castro

noun

Ci·pri·a·no

[sip-ree-ah-noh; Spanish see-pree-ah-naw] , 1858?–1924, Venezuelan military and political leader: president 1901–08; exiled 1908.

Fidel [fi-del; Spanish fee-th

el] , ( Fidel Castro Ruz ) born 1927, Cuban revolutionary and political leader: prime minister 1959–76 and president since 1976.

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Castro (ˈkæstrəʊ, Spanish ˈkastro)

—n
	Fidel (fɪˈdɛl; Spanish fiˈðɛl). full name Fidel Castro Ruz. born 1927, Cuban statesman: prime minister from 1959, when he led the Communist overthrow of Batista and president from 1976

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