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Except for Mariela, the Castro Family Remains Silent on Fidelito’s Suicide

EFE via 14ymedio, Havana, 3 February 2018 — On Saturday, the Castro family expressed appreciation for the messages of condolence received after the suicide, at the age of 68, of Fidel Castro’s first-born son, the nuclear physicist Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, whose death surprised Cuba and has been much discussed on the streets in recent hours. “On behalf … Continue reading “Except for Mariela, the Castro Family Remains Silent on Fidelito’s Suicide”

Mirta Díaz-Balart, Fidel Castro’s First Wife, Dies at 95

Mirta Díaz-Balart lived in Madrid and was the mother of “Fidelito” who committed suicide in 2018 14ymedio, Havana, July 6, 2024— Mirta Díaz-Balart, ex-wife of Fidel Castro and mother of their first child, died on Saturday in Madrid at the age of 95. Her grandson, Fidel Alejandro Castro Smirnov, a scientist with ties to the … Continue reading “Mirta Díaz-Balart, Fidel Castro’s First Wife, Dies at 95”

Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart was Buried in the Colon Cemetery in Havana

EFE via 14ymedio, Havana, 5 February 2018 — The remains of the nuclear physicist Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, Fidel Castro’s first-born son, known as Fidelito, who took his own life last Thursday, rest in the pantheon of the Academy of Sciences in the Colon Cemetery, the largest cemetery in Havana. On Monday, the discreet black marble pantheon was … Continue reading “Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart was Buried in the Colon Cemetery in Havana”

The Other Fidel Castro / Iván García

Ivan Garcia, 6 February 2018 —  A silent police patrol began to search passersby they considered suspicious. When they saw it, the illegal tomato sellers quickly hid their merchandise on the staircase of a building in Havana’s Vibora neighborhood at Acosta and Diez de Octubre. An old woman, a regular seller of the newspaper Granma … Continue reading “The Other Fidel Castro / Iván García”