Heading the only communist government in the western hemisphere. During that time, castro survived a tough us trade embargo. Designed to topple him. As well as numerous assassination attempts. As abcs Karen Travers reports, opinions are still split on whether his legacy is good or bad. Fidel castro was born on august 13th, 1926 in oreinte province, cuba. He was educated at private Catholic Schools run by jesuits and later went on to study law at t he formally declared cuba a socialist state two years after his rebels won the revolution, calling himself a marxistleninist. sot castrodiane sawyer intv 1993 im not afraid to say i am a convinced communist. I feel honored to be a communist and i hope i will be to the last breath. In 1960, castro nationalized american businesses and joined forces with the soviet union. In 1961 president John F Kennedy approved a cia invasion bay of pigs. Castro was able to fend off the invasion but in 1962 american spy planes discovered he had allowed the sov
And later went on to study law at the university of havana. He formally declared cuba a socialist state two years after his rebels won the revolution, calling himself a marxistleninist. sot castrodiane sawyer intv 1993 im not afraid to say i am a convinced communist. I feel honored to be a communist and i hope i will be to the last breath. In 1960, castro nationalized american businesses and joined forces with the soviet union. In 1961 pre kennedy approved a cia invasion force of 13 hundred cuban exiles who went ashore at the bay of pigs. Castro was able to fend off the invasion but in 1962 american spy planes discovered he had allowed the soviets to put nuclear missles in cuba. He was a major leader in the cuban missle crisis that brought the us and soviet union to the brink of nuclear cuban missle crisis special events i have directed the armed forces to prepare for any eventualities. Us naval vessels moved in and the soviets backed down in exchange for a pledge that america would no
00 to 005 people cheering and banging pots and pans. Celebration erupted Early Morning this morning. As thousands of people took the the streets in miami and little havanna. Most cubans living in the us, sought refuge here from castros communist dictatorship. Right now. The scene in cuba is said to be more somber. But celebrations continue in. As expelled cubans celebrate the end of what they call a dark era. Breaking overnight. Here at home. A terrifying rollover accident leaves two people fighting for their lives. Nhp says it happened around 11 last night near the 215 and jones. Officers say, the crash involved a red ford pickup truck and kia. The driver of the kia had to be extricated because it was so badly crushed. Right now both drivers are in as well as online as we get more information. Good morning las vegas im. And im 13 first alert meteorologist dan bronis adlib the black lives Matter Movement took to the streets last night to send a message about shopping. A small group of
Girl was driving too fast with friends when she slammed into a parked car then hit a power pole. Fox 25s Robert Goldston is in norwood with the families who spent part of their black friday in the dark. The car was coming around this Corner Police say it was speeding it lost control it took out two parked cars and power to the entire neighborhood. It was loud enough that they get your attention. It was loud. Reporter this is what ed george wrote. The down my car was just parked up there facing that way. It was rolling this way here. Reporter police say an 18yearold woman was behind the wheel with two other teens in the car. Are when she lost control because she was going too fast. Ken mccrays parked car was the first thing she crashed into. For a second i thought the transformer blew up. Then the pole. Reporter at first several hundred homes had no power. Had to park down there because of the wires. Reporter leaving some families with last minute changes to their Holiday Weekend plans.
Fiesta bowl. Were going to sit back, find out which game were calling here. But its going to be a wild ride of controversy between now and then. Because things have gotten wacky in the big ten, where the perceived secondbest team in the country will not be playing in the big ten title game, instead, its going to be wisconsin and penn state. And then, youve got things in the pac12 still to be decided, with washington and colorado. And start framing the as Deondre Francois you think it means just a Little Something in this rivalry . Francois able to celebrate the eightyard touchdown run. Todd guess who the lead blocker was . Dalvin cook. Its a little quarterback counter. They pull a guard. He leads up. And dalvin cook, one of the best running backs in america says, you know what . Get in my back pocket, young quarterback, follow me into the kind of like that, francois fumbled on the carry, they get a chance to run it again and he scores a touchdown. Joe logan tyler bounces it off the upr