Ángel Castro y Argiz

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Ángel María Bautista Castro y Argiz (December 5, 1875—October 21, 1956) was the father of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raúl Castro. Angel Castro had two children by his first wife and six more children, including Fidel, by his cook, Lina Ruz González.

According to his eldest son, Ramón, Ángel Castro arrived in Cuba as a Spanish army conscript from Galicia in Spain. Juanita Castro, Ángel's daughter, has contradicted this claim to assert that their father was merely an economic migrant to Cuba.[1] Following the defeat of Spain, Ángel Castro stayed. During the Cuban Republic, he prospered while farming[citation needed][2]in the northern part of what was then Oriente province[3]

Castro y Argiz died in the town of Birán, 42 days before his son Fidel landed in Los Cayuelos on December 2, 1956. He died of an intestinal hemorrhage at the age of 80. Fidel Castro is said to have received the news of his father's death in stoic silence.[4]

[edit] Notes and References

  1. ^ Ann Louis Bardach : Cuba confidential p.59[citation needed]
  2. ^ It is said that this prosperity was due in part to harsh treatment of his mostly Haitian workers, and various illegal exploits. Although perhaps slightly inaccurate in detail, there is a vivid description of late 1920s life, especially in reference to the plight of Haitian contract labor, at Antilla and Banes in Bancroft (1983-pp.36-44).[citation needed]
  3. ^ fidel castro historia biografia cuba (spanish). bravepages.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.
  4. ^ RAISA PAG�S (2003-12-29). From Tuxpan to the Sierra Maestra. Granma International. Archived from the original on 2005-11-24. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.