1216514 Fidel Castro during a speech at the UNO, 1979 (photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and President from 1976 to 2008. Politically a Marxist-Leninist, he also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011.); RESTRICTIONS MAY APPLY FOR COMMERCIAL USE - PLEASE CONTACT US; out of copyright.