Fidel_Castro

Fidel Castro Fidel Castro Cuban Leader Fidel Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926, on his family's sugar plantation near Biran, Oriente province, Cuba. His father, originally an immigrant laborer from Galicia, Spain, became owner of a 23,000-acre plantation. As a boy, Castro worked in the family's sugar cane fields and at 6 years old convinced his parents to send him to school. He attended two Jesuit institutions, the Colegio Lasalle and the Colegio Dolores, both in Santiago. In 1942 he entered the Colegio Belen, a Jesuit preparatory school in Havana. He was voted the school's best athlete in 1944. In 1945 Castro attended the University of Havana's Faculty of Law, and having earned a law degree, went into practice in 1950 in Havana with two partners. As a lawyer he devoted himself to helping the poor. Castro intended to campaign for a parliamentary seat in the election of 1952 but General Fulgencio Batista overthrew the government of President Carlos Prio Socarras and canceled the election. Castro went to court and charged the dictator with violating the constitution. The court rejected Castro's petition. With no legal recourse left, Castro organized an armed attack by 165 men on the Moncada Barracks castro, cuba, cuban, government, united, states, made, two, became, supported, oriente, new, men, havana, force, colegio, brought, batista, attempt, attack, after, cuban, victory, ussr, unsuccessful, taken, soviet, soon, revolutionary, refugees, province, properties, population, organized, occurred, movement, missiles, law, july, governments, general, fled, february, family's, exiles, election, court, castro's, called