NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Raúl Castro

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Fidel Castro and Raúl Castro

Raúl Castro waving the Cuban flag

Raúl Castro Ruz (born June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. Events 1000-1899 1098 - Crusaders take Antioch, Turkey. 1140 - French scholar, Peter Abelard found guilty of heresy. 1608 - Samuel de Champlain completes his third voyage to New France at... June 3, 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January-March January 4 - Female aviator Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia January 25 - Mohandas... 1931) is a The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the northern Caribbean that lies at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. To the north are found the United States and the Bahamas, to the west Mexico, to the south the Cayman Islands and... Cuban politician and revolutionary, the younger brother of Cuban President Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) has ruled Cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of July Movement, he helped overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista and turn Cuba into the first socialist state in the Western Hemisphere. He held the title of premier... Fidel Castro. He has been the Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the The Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC) is the ruling party of Cuba. It operates on a Marxist-Leninist model. History The original Communist Party of Cuba was formed in the 1920s and was a member of the Comintern. It was later renamed the Peoples... Communist Party of Cuba since 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address. January 12 - Bodies of 2 15 year olds Christine Sharrock + Marrine Schmidt found... 1965 and First A vice president is an officer in government or business who is next in rank below a president. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning in place of. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president. The wife of a vice president may be known as... Vice-president of the Councils of State and Ministers, Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, since 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January... 1959.

He participated actively in student fights from before the beginning of the Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (January 16, 1901–August 6, 1973) was the de facto leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940 and the countrys official president from 1940 to 1944 and again from 1952 to 1959. Batista was born in Banes... Fulgencio Batista dictatorship. He was a member of the group of attackers to the Moncada barracks shortly after the attack The Moncada Barracks, near Santiago de Cuba, was the site of an attack by guerillas that sparked the Cuban Revolution. On July 26, 1953, Fidel and Raúl Castro lead 160 poorly-armed and perhaps overeager guerillas in an attack on dictator Fulgencio Batista... Moncada Quarter and spent 22 months of prison as a result of this action. During his exile in The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by... Mexico, he participated in the preparations of the expedition of the ship Granma was the name of a ship which played an elemental role in the Cuban Revolution. It is also the name of the official newspaper of the Cuban Communist Party The ship The ship Granma was a 60-foot yacht purchased from a retiring American designed to accommodate 12 people... Granma, disembarking in Cuba on December 2 is the 336th day (337th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 29 days remaining. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opened. 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire. 1804 - At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned as... December 2, 1956 is a leap year starting on Sunday. (see link for calendar) Events January January 1 - End of Egyptian Condominium in Sudan. January 16 - President Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine January 26 - Italy January 26 - United Kingdom bans heroin January 26 - The last Soviet troops leave the military base in... 1956. As combatant of the Rebel Army he took part in the campaign of the Sierra Maestra mountain range and in February of 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Treaty of Rome founding the EU is implemented January 4 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4, 1957) January 8 - 14 year old Bobby Fischer wins the... 1958 was assigned the mission to cross the old province of Oriente at the front of a column of guerrillas to open, to the northeast of that territory, the Eastern front "Frank País". Together with his brother he finally conquered Santiago de Cuba is the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province in eastern Cuba. Santiago de Cuba is located on the south-east of the island, some 540 miles east south-east of Havana, at 20.01°N, 75.82°W. Historically Santiago de Cuba has long been the... Santiago de Cuba on January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 357 days remaining (358 in leap years). Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army. 1198 - Innocent III becomes Pope. 1734 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels Ariodante at the Royal... January 8, 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - Cultivars of plants named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin. January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when forces of Fidel Castro advance January... 1959, completing the overthrow of the Batista regime.

Raúl Castro Ruz integrated the National Direction of the Integrated Revolutionary Organizations and the United Party of the Socialist Revolution of Cuba. He is the Second Secretary of the Party's Central Committee since its constitution in October 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 - United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union address. January 12 - Bodies of 2 15 year olds Christine Sharrock + Marrine Schmidt found... 1965 and Delegated Committee to the National Assembly of the Popular Power from its creation in 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 12 - UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 - Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison January 16... 1976.

Raúl has been mooted as a possible successor to his brother. As Armed Forces minister, he controls much of the Military Forces in Cuba, prompting speculation that if he were to launch a power grab after his brother's death, it might be difficult to stop him.

Raúl Castro, however, is widely regarded as more hardline than his brother — along with Che Guevara Dr. Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna ( June 14, 1928¹ – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader. Guevara was a member of Fidel Castros 26th of July Movement, which seized power in Cuba in... Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, he was one of only two communists involved in the original Granma was the name of a ship which played an elemental role in the Cuban Revolution. It is also the name of the official newspaper of the Cuban Communist Party The ship The ship Granma was a 60-foot yacht purchased from a retiring American designed to accommodate 12 people... Granma expedition.