Fidel
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Fidel is a given name, of Latin origin and stemming from fidelis, meaning "faithful". The name is most prominently associated with Cuba's leader Fidel Castro
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Fidel can also refer to:
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
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Other persons
- Fidel Dávila Arrondo, Spanish army officer during Spanish Civil War
- Fidel CastañoFidel CastañoFidel Castaño Gil was a right-wing Colombian drug lord and paramilitary who was among the founders of Los Pepes and the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Cordoba and Uraba, a paramilitary group which ultimately became a member of the larger United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.-Los Pepes:In the...
, Colombian drug lord - Fidel EdwardsFidel EdwardsFidel Henderson Edwards is a West Indian cricketer and is the half brother of Pedro Collins. A pace bowler, his slingshot action greatly resembles that of former fast bowling great Jeff Thomson. He bowls fast, can swing the ball and get reverse swing, but insists that he does not go for...
, West Indian fast bowler - Fidel NegreteFidel NegreteFidel Negrete Gamboa is a retired long-distance runner from Mexico, who's biggest achievement during his career was winning the gold medal in the men's marathon at the 1963 Pan American Games. He represented his native country in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he...
, Mexican long-distance runner - Fidel V. RamosFidel V. RamosFidel "Eddie" Valdez Ramos , popularly known as FVR, was the 12th President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. During his six years in office, Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy.Prior to his election as...
, 12th President of PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... - Fidel SolórzanoFidel SolórzanoFidel Solórzano is a retired male athlete from Ecuador, who competed in the long jump event and the decathlon during his career. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988.-Achievements:-References:*...
, Ecuadorian decathlete - Fidel Velázquez SánchezFidel Velázquez SánchezFidel Velázquez Sánchez was the preeminent Mexican union leader of the 20th century. In 1936 he was one of the original founders, along with Vicente Lombardo Toledano, of the Confederation of Mexican Workers , the national labor federation most closely associated with the ruling party, the...
, Mexican union leader - Pen name of Guillermo PrietoGuillermo PrietoGuillermo Prieto Pradillo was a Mexican novelist, short-story writer, poet, chronicler, journalist, essayist, patriot and Liberal politician...
, Mexican writer
Movies
- Fidel (film)Fidel (film)Fidel is the name of a mini-series by David Attwood that describes the Cuban revolution and political career of Fidel Castro. The total duration of the series is about 3 hours and 20 minutes, but the video-version is shorter.-Plot:...
by David Attwood about Castro - Fidel (1999 short movie) by Marta Ibarrando
- Fidel (1971 documentary)
- Fidel (2001 documentary)Fidel (2001 documentary)Fidel: The Untold Story was a documentary released in 2001 by Estela Bravo.The film featured interviews with:*Phillip Agee*Muhammad Ali*Harry Belafonte*Ramsey Clark*Angela Davis*Elián González*Nelson Mandela*Gabriel García Márquez*Ted Turner...
about Castro
Fidel can also refer to:
- a writing system used in Ethiopia and Eritrea. See Ge'ez alphabetGe'ez alphabetGe'ez , also called Ethiopic, is a script used as an abugida for several languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea but originated in an abjad used to write Ge'ez, now the liturgical language of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Church...
. - vielleVielleThe vielle is a European bowed stringed instrument used in the Medieval period, similar to a modern violin but with a somewhat longer and deeper body, five gut strings, and a leaf-shaped pegbox with frontal tuning pegs. The instrument was also known as a fidel or a viuola, although the French...
, a musical instrument and forerunner of the fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music... - Fidel, an imprint of VDM Publishing devoted to the reproduction of Wikipedia content