Shortly after taking power by overthrowing Fulgencio Batista, this leader was targeted by the C.I.A.-backed Bay of Pigs Invasion.
This man led his country through an economic crisis that he proclaimed the "Special Period in Time of Peace."  Prior to gaining power, he led revolutionaries in an expedition aboard the Granma. This leader noted that "history will absolve me" after attacking the Moncada Barracks, which inspired the name of his "26th of July Movement."  Shortly after taking power by overthrowing Fulgencio Batista, this leader was targeted by the C.I.A.-backed Bay of Pigs Invasion. For 10 points, name this former world leader who was succeeded in 2008 by his brother Raul as President of Cuba.
This man led his country through an economic crisis that he proclaimed the "Special Period in Time of Peace."  
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz [prompt on “Castro”]