Fidel Castro, Cuban politician and revolutionary, b. 1926

Castro served as Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and then President from 1976 to 2008. Politically a Marxist-Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration Cuba became a one-party socialist state; industry and business were nationalized, and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society. Internationally, Castro was the Secretary-General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1979 to 1983 and from 2006 to 2008.

Fidel Castro, Cuban politician and revolutionary, b. 1926

[Castro, Fidel, Cuban communist revolutionary and politician (1926-2016)]. Photographic print (Vintage, signed by Luis Korda).Havana, no date.

[Castro, Fidel, Cuban communist revolutionary and politician (1926-2016)]. Photographic print.No place, 1959

[Castro, Fidel / Hemingway, Ernest, Cuban communist revolutionary and politician (1926-2016) / American novelist and Nobel laureate (1899-1961). Vintage photograph, stamped on the reverse by Alberto Korda.Marina Barlovento near Havana today Marina Hemingway, 15 May 1960.