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You Americans keep saying that Cuba is ninety miles from the United States. I say that the United States is ninety miles from Cuba and for us, that is worse.

Fidel Castro

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Fidel Castro
Age: 90 †
Born: 1926
Born: August 13
Died: 2016
Died: November 25
Former Prime Minister Of Cuba
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
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