“Men do not shape destiny. Destiny produces the man for the hour.” The words of #FidelCastro, who was sworn in as leader of the Republic of Cuba on February 16, 1959. The communist revolutionary was not simply the man for the hour - in office for 52 years and 101 days, ‘El Comandante’ remains the longest-serving, non-royal national ruler of the 20th century. Deeply divisive but with an influence and legacy still shaping today’s world, have a look over gettyarchive for one of the few moments where Castro looked close to a fall. 📷: Havana, 1959 | Grey Villet/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images | #gettyarchive #lifemagazine