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Fidel Castro's legacy

Fidel Castro, the former long-serving president of Cuba, took the final bow on Friday last week. Cuba’s modern history traces its roots to the ‘Bay of Pigs’ landing in 1961 when Fidel Castro defeated a group of US-led rebels that wanted to topple him.

Fidel Castro had seized power through a revolution in 1959. For the duration of his presidency, American support of Cuban rebels soured diplomatic relations.

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