Ultimately, whole genomes are involved in processes of hybridization, polyploidization and endosymbiosis, often leading to rapid speciation.
Elian Gonzalez (right and inset), the young Cuban boy who was rescued off the coast of Florida 16 years ago, said that Fidel Castro (main) was like a father, who eventually became a friend. Home u.k.
Castro became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in 1965, and led the transformation of Cuba into a one-party socialist republic. As president he also holds the supreme military rank of Comandante en Jefe (Commander in Chief) of the Cuban armed forces.