Detalles secretos de Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro durante sus días de la Sierra Maestra en 1957, cuando libraba la lucha contra la dictadura de Fulgencio Batista.

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El 16 de abril de 1961, Fidel Castro habla ante una entusiasta multitud en La Habana para condenar los bombardeos a varias ciudades de Cuba y el desembarco de las tropas de la brigada 2506, formada por exiliados de origen cubano.

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El proceso revolucionario cubano se continuaba institucionalizando en 1970 y eran eran momentos en que Fidel Castro hablaba y hablaba durante horas tratando de explicar sus ideas al pueblo cubano.

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La nueva Carta Magna de Cuba se proclama en 1976 y Fidel Castro expresaba su felicidad por haber institucionalizado con sus ideas a la isla mayor del Caribe, era otra etapa de su lucha.

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Poco tiempo tras tomarse esta foto en 1985, Castro deja de fumar sus famosos habanos, preocupado por sus problemas de salud y dijo que para darle un ejemplo a la juventud de Cuba.

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Durante los actos en La Habana por la jornada internacional de los trabajadores el 1 de mayo de 1990. Cuba estaba a punto de retirarse de Angola, tras una cruenta guerra y una larga presencia militar.

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Tras el descalabro del bloque comunista europeo, Castro buscaba nuevos aliados en 1995 y los encuentra en China. Incluso visita al gigante de Asia y logra necesarios acuerdos comerciales para mantener a flote a la isla.

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Castro mostraba cansancio en el 2000 tras las largas dificultades comerciales afrontadas en la isla y a la falta de suministros de carburantes. Su salud comenzaba a flaquear.

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En el 2002, Castro superaba algunos problemas de salud y comenzaba a usar con frecuencia ropa de civil. Trataba de gobernar a Cuba con un poco de mano izquierda y disfrutaba de haber sobrevivido le etapa especial que vivieron en la isla tras el desplome del bloque comunista.

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En el mes de junio del 2007 aparecieron nuevas imágenes en la televisión local tomadas durante un encuentro de casi dos horas con el secretario general del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Vietnam, Nong Duc Manh.

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABEL SANCHEZ.A guide explains to students about the "Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion" (CDR-Committees for the Defence of the Revolution) at the CDR museum in Havana August 21, 2009. Created by Fidel Castro in 1960, the 138,400 CDRs group more than eight million Cubans and inspired controversial similar initiatives to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABEL SANCHEZ.Information about the "Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion" (CDR-Committees for the Defence of the Revolution) at the CDR museum in Havana August 21, 2009. Created by Fidel Castro in 1960, the 138,400 CDRs group more than eight million Cubans and inspired controversial similar initiatives to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABEL SANCHEZ.A building depicting political posters with slogans of the "Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion" (CDR-Committees for the Defence of the Revolution) in Havana August 21, 2009. Created by Fidel Castro in 1960, the 138,400 CDRs group more than eight million Cubans and inspired controversial similar initiatives to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABEL SANCHEZ.A Cuban vigilant remains near a political poster with slogans of the "Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion" (CDR-Committees for the Defence of the Revolution) in Havana August 21, 2009. Created by Fidel Castro in 1960, the 138,400 CDRs group more than eight million Cubans and inspired controversial similar initiatives to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABEL SANCHEZ.Slogans of the "Comites de Defensa de la Revolucion" (CDR-Committees for the Defence of the Revolution) painted on a wall in Havana August 21, 2009. Created by Fidel Castro in 1960, the 138,400 CDRs group more than eight million Cubans and inspired controversial similar initiatives to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Ecuador's Rafael Correa. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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In this photo released by Cuba's official newspaper Granma, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, greets Wu Bangguo, chairman of China's National People's Congress in Havana, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Alex Castro, Granma)

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This handout photo provided by the Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde, shows Cuban ex-president Fidel Castro (R) shaking hands with Wu Bangguo, chairman of China's National People's Congress, during an official visit in Havana on September 3, 2009. Aging Cuban ex-president Castro met visiting Wu, the second most powerful man in China's ruling Communist Party, government sources said. Wu was at the end of a three-day visit that also included a meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro -- Fidel's younger brother -- and the head of Cuba's legislature, Ricardo Alarcon. TOPSHOTS RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE AFP PHOTO / Juventud Rebelde / Alex CASTRO / HO (Photo credit should read ALEX CASTRO/AFP/Getty Images)

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This handout photo provided by the Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde, shows Cuban ex-president Fidel Castro (R) shaking hands with Wu Bangguo, chairman of China's National People's Congress, during an official visit in Havana on September 3, 2009. Aging Cuban ex-president Castro met visiting Wu, the second most powerful man in China's ruling Communist Party, government sources said. Wu was at the end of a three-day visit that also included a meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro -- Fidel's younger brother -- and the head of Cuba's legislature, Ricardo Alarcon. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE AFP PHOTO / Juventud Rebelde / Alex CASTRO / HO (Photo credit should read ALEX CASTRO/AFP/Getty Images)

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A Cuban family in Havana watches the meeting between former Cuban leader, Fidel Castro (R on TV screen), and members of a Venezuelan law delegation that took place last August 22, which was retransmited on August 26, 2009. The video, which was the first to air in over a year, showed 83-year old Castro chatting in a lively manner with his visitors, but from his speech he alluded that he has no intention of returning as Cuban head of state - position which he handed over to his brother, Raul Castro, over 3 years ago. AFP PHOTO/STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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An issue of Granma newspaper showing pictures of Cuban leader Fidel Castro during a meeting with Venezuelan students held in Havana on August 22, 2009 is displayed at a news stand in a street of Havana on August 24, 2009. Castro, 83, was seen in public for the last time in 2006, before falling ill. AFP PHOTO STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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