Kidnapped by Castro, eldest son kills self

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The oldest son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro committed suicide at the age of 68, Cuban state media reported Thursday.

Fidel “Fidelito” Castro Diaz-Balart was the oldest son of Castro and his first wife, Mirta Diaz Balart.

Diaz-Balart was said to have killed himself Thursday morning after receiving months of treatment for a "deeply depressed state," according to official website Cubadebate. He reportedly "required a hospitalization regime then outpatient follow-up" as part of his treatment.

Among his own offspring, Castro only publicly recognized Diaz-Balart, the angel-faced, blond boy from revolution-era photographs who caused double-takes because he looked like his father. The resemblance earned the boy the nickname Fidelito, or Little Fidel.

Diaz-Balart was born in 1949 and brought to the United States in the 1950’s after his parents divorced. His mother's family had ties to the Batista government, which Castro would eventually overthrow. As a result, the former Cuban leader wanted his son kept from his ex-wife's family, leading to an ongoing custody battle over the boy.

"I refuse even to think that my son may sleep a single night under the same roof sheltering my most repulsive enemies and receive on his innocent cheeks the kisses of those miserable Judases," Castro wrote to his half-sister Lidia in 1956.

While Castro was in Mexico preparing for the guerrilla war, he convinced Mirta to send Fidelito for a two-week visit. Once the boy was there however, Castro refused to send him back.

Diaz-Balart rose to the top post at Cuba's Atomic Energy Commission before his father removed him for unpublicized reasons in the early 1990's.


http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/02/01/fidel-castros-oldest-son-commits-suicide-cuban-state-media-report.html
 
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