
This combo of three photos shows Fidel Castro, from left; smoking a cigar in Havana, Cuba, April 29, 1961; speaking to the media while on a mission to collect Elian Gonzales in Washington, D.C., April 6, 2000; and at his Havana home on Feb. 13, 2016. The man who nationalized the Cuban economy and controlled virtually every aspect of life on the island celebrates his 90th birthday on Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016, in a far different country than the one he ruled for decades. (AP Photos)