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.
Fidel Castro had held on to power longer than any other living national leader except Queen Elizabeth II. He became a towering international figure whose importance in the 20th century far exceeded what might have been expected from the head of state of a Caribbean island nation of 11 million people.