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Fidel Castro

This person was the Communist leader of Cuba and in the early 1990s, his violent style of leadership forced many Cubans to try to flee. This person ordered that the Cuban government must do everything it could to prevent the escape of its citizens, including shooting rescue planes out of the sky.

Adolf Hitler

This person was the Fascist leader of the Third Reich in Germany. This person's attempt to take over the world while eliminating all non-Aryan people on the face of the Earth brought about World War II. This person's handshake and amiable manner fooled a major Western leader into believing that this person only intended to take Sudetenland and to go no further.

Hernan Cortes

This person was a Spanish conquistador who, along with his vast army, brought about the sixteenth century's bloodiest conflict when he arrived in Mexico and took the Aztec ruler...

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