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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (American Spanish: [fiˈðel aleˈxandɾo ˈkastɾo ˈrus] audio ; born August 13, 1926), commonly known as Fidel Castro, is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as its Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then its 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 communist 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.
Born in Birán as the son of a wealthy farmer, Castro adopted leftist anti-imperialist politics while studying law at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions against right-wing governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, he planned the overthrow of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, launching a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953. After a year's imprisonment, he traveled to Mexico where he formed a revolutionary group, the 26th of July Movement, with Che Guevara and his brother Raúl Castro. Returning to Cuba, Castro took a key role in the Cuban Revolution by leading the Movement in a guerrilla war against Batista's forces from the Sierra Maestra. After Batista's overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's Prime Minister. The United States was alarmed by Castro's friendly relations with the Soviet Union, and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic blockade, and counter-revolution, including the Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961. Countering these threats, Castro formed an alliance with the Soviets and allowed them to place nuclear weapons on the island, sparking the Cuban Missile Crisis – a defining incident of the Cold War – in 1962.
Actors: Jordan Richards (actor), Jordan Richards (producer), Jordan Richards (writer), Jordan Richards (director), Robert Bellissimo (actor), Camille Hollett-French (actor), Velvet Dockrill (actor), Xerxes Cortez (editor), Christopher Mastropietro (actor), Jesse Charles Watts (actor), Samantha Clark (actress), Rush Zilla (actress),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Short,Actors: Chaz Smith (actor), Frank Duffy (actor), Laurie Lee (actress), Hunter McGregor (actor), Dane Rhodes (actor), Lara Grice (actress), Les Arceneaux (miscellaneous crew), Ned Yousef (actor), Moira Glace (miscellaneous crew), Ron Uribe (actor), Griffin Hood (actor), Mark C. Stevens (miscellaneous crew), N.T. Bullock (director), N.T. Bullock (writer), N.T. Bullock (actor),
Plot: The President of Iran (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) threatens the United States with massive destruction if an American couple, Jon and Sandy, don't rekindle their relationship even though they both have moved on. A U. S. government agent is sent in to get them back together in the name of national security - at all costs. The situation goes awry on national television when Jon and Sandy have yet another falling out . Iran responds, exacerbating the situation further. A new war is hinged on Jon and Sandy's ability to work it out. The fragility of their relationship mirrors the relationships between nations. Will Jon and Sandy save the world from war?
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Javier Cámara (actor), José Luis Cuerda (actor), José Corbacho (actor), Enrique Cerezo (actor), Luis Callejo (actor), José Coronado (actor), Jaime Chávarri (actor), Roque Baños (actor), Manuel Alexandre (actor), Demian Bichir (actor), Jesús Bonilla (actor), Carlos Bardem (actor), Pablo Carbonell (actor), Raúl Arévalo (actor), Jordi Dauder (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Julia Ormond (actress), Alberto Iglesias (composer), Rodrigo Santoro (actor), Yul Vazquez (actor), Jorge Perugorría (actor), Benicio Del Toro (producer), Guillermo Ríos (actor), Demian Bichir (actor), Luis Alberto García (actor), Benicio Del Toro (actor), Gerardo Albarrán (actor), Jsu Garcia (actor), Bruno Bichir (actor), Jose Manuel Ballesteros (miscellaneous crew), Steven Soderbergh (director),
Plot: The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Keywords: 1950s, 1960s, adult-illiteracy, agrarian-reform, american-sailor, armed-forces, army, assault, battle, bazookaActors: Óscar Jaenada (actor), James D. Dever (actor), Eduard Fernández (actor), Luis Callejo (actor), Joaquim de Almeida (actor), Jordi Mollà (actor), Demian Bichir (actor), Benicio Del Toro (actor), Raúl Arévalo (actor), Carlos Bardem (actor), Pedro Casablanc (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Antonio de la Torre (actor), Jorge Perugorría (actor), Gastón Pauls (actor),
Plot: In 1965, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara resigns from his Cuban government posts to secretly make his latest attempt to spread the revolution in Bolivia. After arriving in La Paz, Bolivia late in 1966, by 1967, Che with several Cuban volunteers, have raised a small guerrilla army to take on the militarist Bolivian movement. However, Che must face grim realities about his few troops and supplies, his failing health, and a local population who largely does not share his idealistic aspirations. As the US supported Bolivian army prepares to defeat him, Che and his beleaguered force struggle against the increasingly hopeless odds.
Keywords: 1960s, air-raid, ambush, anti-communist, armed-forces, army, asthma-attack, asthmatic, bolivia, bolivian-armyActors: Fidel Castro (actor), Carla Valencia (editor), Olivier Auverlau (producer), Yanara Guayasamín (writer), Yanara Guayasamín (director),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Fidel Castro (actor), Leonardo Corbucci (actor), Leonardo Corbucci (producer), Leonardo Corbucci (director), Leonardo Corbucci (editor), Luciano Storti (composer),
Plot: A man living in the USA is nauseated by the media power and Consumerism, decides to go to Cuba with the intention of meeting Fidel Castro. The man is looking for revolution and socialism for a better future for everybody... But he finds a different Cuba from what he thought. Nostalgic, sad, tired of a strong prohibitionist, and of a shortage of speaking and thinking freedom, for a difficult human situation (before a politic idea).
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Fidel Castro (actor), Tampico (actor), Tampico (writer), Tampico (director), Tampico (writer), Matheus Rocha (actor), Eloy Enciso (writer), Eloy Enciso (writer), Joel Prieto (writer), Joel Prieto (actor), Joel Prieto (writer), Joel Prieto (writer), Fabio Pallero (actor), Ael Dallier (actress), Andrés Buitrago (actor),
Genres: Documentary, Short,Actors: John Carradine (actor), Coleman Francis (producer), Coleman Francis (director), Coleman Francis (actor), Coleman Francis (actor), Coleman Francis (writer), John Bath (composer), Anthony Cardoza (producer), Anthony Cardoza (actor), Anthony Cardoza (actor), Ken Johnson (actor), Frederic Downs (actor), John Morrison (actor), Nick Raymond (actor), James H. Russell (actor),
Plot: A trio of convicts joins up for an assault on a Cuban stronghold. After they are captured, they plan to escape before they face the firing squad. They eventually make it back to the American Southwest, where they go from town to town, robbing and killing.
Keywords: actor-director-writer, anti-hero, b-movie, communism, craps, cricket, crime-epic, crime-spree, criminal, cuba