Biography from AstroDataBank and Wikipedia Fidel Castro is the Cuban liberator who successfully overthrew President Batista’s government 1/01/1959. Captured after a revolutionary attempt 7/26/1953, he was released from prison in 1955. When his guerrilla warfare deposed Batista, he established his position as dictator of Cuba. He has been diplomatically antagonistic to the U.S. since 1961. Born on August 13, 1926,…