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…....