Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born near Biran in Orient Province, Cuba, in 1926. He was the third child born to Castro y Argiz and Lina Ruz Gonzalez. Angel became wealthy from laying track for the sugar railway and transporting the cane. Castro attended public school near the town of Mayari. He then enrolled in Santiago de Cuba's La Salle School, run by French Priests. Castro was often undisciplined and his father sent him to Dolores …

…currency, including U.S. dollars. Some Cubans began to flee the country by raft as the economy declined by 40 percent between 1989 and 1994. During a 1994 protest in Old Havana Castro convinced protesters to disband, granting them permission to leave Cuba. Castro remains in power and the Cuban Constitution dictates a peaceful transference of power upon Castro's death. Whether or not this will happen is questionable. Will Cuba remain communist? Will a new dictator come to power?