Fidel Castro's dictatorship was the longest non-royal rule over a country, however, people looked up to Castro as a hero. Through his fifty years of rule, not only did Castro change the Western Hemisphere, but also brought changes to other countries across the world. Those who saw Castro as a hero praised him, and yet there were plenty of people who thought otherwise. Throughout Castro's life, millions of people saw him as either a saint for oppressed people around the world or a renegade for betraying principles and even sometimes his people. Fidel Castro stands as one of the most controversial figures of the century for his actions both good and bad, but through hard work Castro rose to power through a rugged revolution and left his power