Raúl Castro

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born 3 June 1931) is the current President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of Cuba. The younger brother of former leader Fidel Castro, he is also First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Air Force). On 31 July 2006, Raúl Castro was the President of the Council of State in a temporary transfer of power due to Fidel Castro's illness. According to the Cuban Constitution of 1976, Article 94, the First Vice President of the Council of State assumes presidential duties upon the illness or death of the president. Raúl Castro became President on 24 February 2008 National Assembly as Fidel Castro had announced his intention not to stand for President again on 19 February 2008. Raúl Castro was also elected First Secretary of the Communist Party at its Sixth Congress on April 19, 2011, after having served as Second Secretary behind his brother for 46 years. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raúl Castro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)

Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Billington
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Yul Brynner  •  Samantha Eggar  •  Jean-Claude Drouot

Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Billington
CAST:  Kirk Douglas  •  Yul Brynner  •  Samantha Eggar  •  Jean-Claude Drouot

Man in the Wilderness (1971)

In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard C. Sarafian
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  John Huston  •  Henry Wilcoxon  •  Percy Herbert

In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard C. Sarafian
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  John Huston  •  Henry Wilcoxon  •  Percy Herbert

South of the Border (2009)

A road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Tariq Ali  •  Oliver Stone  •  Raúl Castro  •  Hugo Chávez

A road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Tariq Ali  •  Oliver Stone  •  Raúl Castro  •  Hugo Chávez

Chato's Land (1972)

A posse pursues Pardon Chato (Charles Bronson) a mestizo indian after he killed a US marshal in self-defense. As they get deeper into Indian territory, just who is hunting who.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Jack Palance  •  James Whitmore  •  Simon Oakland

A posse pursues Pardon Chato (Charles Bronson) a mestizo indian after he killed a US marshal in self-defense. As they get deeper into Indian territory, just who is hunting who.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Charles Bronson  •  Jack Palance  •  James Whitmore  •  Simon Oakland

Villa Rides (1968)

Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner and pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa and his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados and stealing women's hearts as they go. But each has a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Robert Mitchum  •  Charles Bronson  •  Maria Grazia Buccella

Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner and pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa and his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados and stealing women's hearts as they go. But each has a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Buzz Kulik
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Robert Mitchum  •  Charles Bronson  •  Maria Grazia Buccella

Get Mean (1975)

The plot revolves around the return of a Spanish princess from America to her native country Spain. To help her she enlists the aid of a reluctant hero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferdinando Baldi
CAST:  Tony Anthony  •  Diana Lorys  •  Lloyd Battista  •  Raf Baldassarre

The plot revolves around the return of a Spanish princess from America to her native country Spain. To help her she enlists the aid of a reluctant hero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferdinando Baldi
CAST:  Tony Anthony  •  Diana Lorys  •  Lloyd Battista  •  Raf Baldassarre

The Necessary War (1980)

Alvarez' longest documentary examination of the Cuban Revolution, this contains exceptional interviews with Fidel, Raúl, Almeida, Vilma, Haydee, Celia and Faustino Perez, among other key players in the Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Santiago Álvarez
CAST:  Fidel Castro  •  Raúl Castro  •  Juan Almeida  •  Celia Sanchez

Alvarez' longest documentary examination of the Cuban Revolution, this contains exceptional interviews with Fidel, Raúl, Almeida, Vilma, Haydee, Celia and Faustino Perez, among other key players in the Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Santiago Álvarez
CAST:  Fidel Castro  •  Raúl Castro  •  Juan Almeida  •  Celia Sanchez