Fidel and Che Guevara at a 1961 Havana meeting
(photo: AFP)

Fidel, Juan Almeida (to the left) and members of the 26 July Revolutionary Movement leaving jail in 1955
(photo: Magnum)

Mandela and Castro


At his first UN General Assembly meeting on 26 September, 1960, Fidel makes the longest speech in UN history: four hours and 29 minutes
(photo: Time Life)

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