fidel castro

[elliebelly9]

does onyone know what fidels childhood life was like..its for a paper and it would help to know

[Chessman]

Try this link, www.latinamericanstudies.org/fidel.htm

[Octavius]

Castro was born into a wealthy farming family in Bir�n, near Mayar�, Holgu�n Province (formerly Oriente Province) and not far from the birthplace of Fulgencio Batista, the man whose government he was to overthrow. The son of �ngel Castro y Argiz (an immigrant from Galicia, Spain) and his cook, Lina Ruz Gonz�lez, Castro has two brothers: Ram�n, who has a position in the agriculture department and is said to run the family estates; and Ra�l, the Cuban defense minister. Castro also has at least one sibling, his sister Juanita, living in exile.  Some reports suggest that he was the 3rd of seven children.

He was educated at Jesuit schools in Cuba. Recognized for his scholastic talents, Castro was tutored and then enrolled in Santiago de Cuba�s La Salle School, which was run by French priests. At school, Castro was unruly and a fighter. He challenged the authority of the priests and vied for leadership among the students. Because of this behavior, his father sent him to the Dolores Colegio, a Catholic private school known for its tough discipline and high academic standards. There Castro learned the value of discipline and authority. While attending school in Santiago de Cubas, Castro witnessed U.S. soldiers� behaviour toward Cuban citizens, whom the Americans treated as inferiors, and he developed a strong aversion to U.S. influence in Cuban politics.

In 1940 Castro enrolled in the prestigious Belen Secondary School in Havana, where he competed with the children of Cuba�s elite for academic and social recognition. At Belen, Castro learned Cuban history and took as his hero Jos� Mart�, the father of Cuban independence from Spain. Castro also developed his athletic and oratory skills during his time at Belen.

Graduating in 1945, he then enrolled at the University of Havana to study law. Here he joined the Union Insurreccional Revolucionaria (UIR) and became involved in political disputes that were often violent and sometimes murderous.

09:58 Mon 17th Oct 2005

[Octavius]

A little bit more:

In 1940, when he was 12 years old he wrote a letter to the US President Roosevelt asking him "give me a ten dollars bill green american, in the letter, because never, I have not seen a ten dollars bill green american and I would like to have one of them."  Apparently his request was not met with cash.