Fiddle Castro - AJ

• Fidel Castro was born on his family's sugar plantation near Biran, Cuba.
•  He married Mirta Diaz Balart, the daughter of a wealthy family tied to the Batista regime.
•   They had a son, Fidelito (little Fidel), born in 1949. Mirta filed for divorce when Castro was still in prison after his love letter got switched.
• Castro was in power for 49 years. In that time, there have been 10 U.S. presidents.
• . During a U.S. News interview in 1994, Castro was asked about the prospects of political liberalization and replied that Cuba can be ruled only by the revolution.