I will not aspire to nor accept the position of President of the Council of State and Commander in Chief.
No seré yo quien aspire al cargo de Presidente del Consejo de Estado y Comandante en Jefe.
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Fidel Castro
Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister (1959-1976), president (1976-2008) and First Secretary of the Communist Party (1965-2011). From the 1953 Moncada attack to the Havana takeover in January 1959, he led an armed struggle that became a Soviet-aligned socialist state under US embargo (1926-2016). His regime achieved high literacy and a strong health system, while political executions, prolonged imprisonment of dissidents, and large refugee waves cast a long shadow.
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