25 Most Cruel Rulers In History

Fidel Castro

Before Fidel Castro, Cuba had a thriving economy but once he overthrew Fulgencio Batista in 1959, he destroyed all of it under his oppressive Communist rule. In two years, 582 political opponents were executed by firing squad. In his fifty year rule, estimates of his executions went into the thousands. Newspapers were closed. Priests, homosexuals, and others were forced into labor camps for re-education. All basic civil rights like freedom of speech were denied.