CASTRO FIDEL: (1926-2016)

CASTRO FIDEL: (1926-2016) Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba 1959-76 and President of Cuba 1976-2008. Vintage signed 10 x 8 photograph of Castro standing outdoors in a half-length pose, wearing a beret, alongside a vehicle and closely surrounded by a group of other individuals. Signed (´Fidel Castro Ruz´) in black ink to the base of the image and dated at Escambray, 1963, in his hand. Some overall surface creasing and minor traces of former mounting to the verso. About G

The present photograph of Castro was signed during the Escambray rebellion of 1959-65. The armed conflict took place in the Escambray Mountains and saw several insurgent groups fight against the Cuban government led by Castro. The military operation against the rebellion was called the Struggle Against Bandits (´Lucha Contra Bandidos´) by the Cuban government.