Three, four, or five authors You must cite all authors, either in text or parenthetically, the first time they are referenced. From then on, use only the surname of the first author, followed by et al. Notice in the following examples that et al., which means âand others,â is not italicized and ends with a period.
Fidel Castro was the political and revolutionary leader in Cuba who rose to fame after overthrowing the oppressive regime of Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and established a communist government in the country.
Revolutionary leader. Born Ernesto Guevara de la Serna on June 14, 1928, in Rosario, Argentina. After completing his medical studies at the University of Buenos Aires, Guevara became political active first in his native Argentina and then in neighboring Bolivia and Guatemala. In 1954, he met Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro and his brother Raul while in Mexico.