Fidel Castro

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Submitted by madnotes on May 15, 2008

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Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was Cuba’s most recent political leader. He was born on August 13, 1926 near Mayarí, Cuba. His father was Ángel Castro y Argiz, who worked on the sugar plantation where Castro was born. His mother was Lina Ruz González, who was a maid to Ángel’s first wife. Fidel’s father was not a very faithful man, for he had another wife while being married to Castro’s mother. All of Castro’s siblings were conceived out of wedlock.
Due to the fact that both of his parents were illiterate, Castro’s parents sent him to a Jesuit boarding school, where he received the best education. Castro was a rebellious child, but...

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