Pictures of Fidel Castro are everywhere in Cuba. His life in front of the camera began in the early 1950s when he launched the Cuban Revolution. Backed by several dozen guerrilla fighters, he toppled General Fulgencio Batista and took power. He quickly became a thorn in the side of his nearby neighbor, the United States. CCTV America’s Asieh Namdar reports.
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