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Section sizes Section size for Fidel Castro (38 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 9,649 9,649 Early life and career markup removed; cannot link (help) 91 16,214 Youth: 1926–1947 5,825 5,825 Rebellion and Marxism: 1947–1950 6,795 6,795 Career in law and politics: 1950–1952 3,503 3,503 Cuban Revolution 68 25,081 The Movement and the Moncada Barracks attack: 1952–1953 5,935 5,935 Imprisonment and 26 July Movement: 1953–1955 7,476 7,476 Guerrilla war: 1956–1959 11,602 11,602 Provisional government 120 57,295 Consolidating leadership: 1959 18,106 18,106 Diplomatic and political shifts: 1960 9,816 9,816 Bay of Pigs Invasion and "Socialist Cuba": 1961–1962 10,094 10,094 Cuban Missile Crisis and furthering socialism: 1962–1968 10,410 10,410 Grey years and Third World politics: 1969–1974 8,749 8,749 Constitutional government 75 43,451 Institutionalization and interventions: 1976-1979 10,296 10,296 Reagan and Gorbachev: 1980–1991 13,279 13,279 Special Period: 1992–2000 9,498 9,498 Battle of Ideas: 2000–2006 10,303 10,303 Final years 16 24,261 Stepping down: 2006–2008 7,292 7,292 Retirement: 2008–2016 13,343 13,343 Death 3,610 3,610 Ideology 4,173 4,173 Personal and public life 29 42,024 Personality 7,080 7,080 Public image 8,127 8,127 Lifestyle 10,223 10,223 Relationships 5,259 5,259 Marital history 11,306 11,306 Reception and legacy 17,452 17,452 Notes 24 24 References 15 8,916 Citations 34 34 Cited works 8,867 8,867 Further reading 1,248 1,248 External links 4,812 4,812 Total 254,600 254,600

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Net worth

I see that in 2006, Forbes ranked Castro as #7 on a list richest heads of state. May we mention this? I do not wish to bother if it has already been edited out.

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What is this sentence, "The publication "Forbes" valued the inheritance left by the former Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, at approximately 900 million dollars." doing at the end of the youth section? It doesn't relate at all with the sentence before and feels extremely disconnected. Cheesesprite (talk) 06:35, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

The 900 million dollar estimate is mentioned three times in the article. Someone must think it is important. Burrobert (talk) 11:05, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

"dictator, marxist" in opening sentence?

I ask YMVD to discuss their desired changes to the opening sentence here rather than edit warring. Per policy, The responsibility for achieving consensus for inclusion is on those seeking to include disputed content. Generalrelative (talk) 03:55, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes I think the word “dictator” should be included in the opening sentence. 2600:1006:A12A:C35E:9970:D6FA:6AD6:529E (talk) 14:44, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

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in the introduction it says that Castro's Government "Advanced Economic and Social Justice" this does not make sense and just sounds kind of wrong, would suggest changing it his government made "Economic and Social Justice Advancements" Redjarvis (talk) 18:45, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: I think the current text is clearer than the suggested replacement. PianoDan (talk) 19:42, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

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