Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro, revolutionary leader of Cuba, was born on August 13, 1926 in Mayari, Cuba. As a boy, he lived on his family's sugar plantation where his father, Angel Castro, processed sugar on his fields and transported them to other parts of Cuba. Fidel Castro worked on the sugar plantation, until he was six, when he convinced his parents to let him go to school.
<Tab/>At first, Castro attended local public school but later, after his scholastic talents were recognized, he was tutored and enrolled in Santiago de Cuba's La Salle School. There, he did not follow the rules an…