Ángel Castro y Argiz
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Ángel María Bautista Castro y Argiz (December 5, 1875—October 21, 1956) is 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 in the northern part of what was then Oriente province [1], [2].
Castro y Argiz died in the town of Birán, 42 days before Castro landed in Los Cayuelos on December 2, 1956. He died of an intestinal hemorrhage at the age of 80 -- precisely the age at which Castro became gravely ill with a similar affliction. Castro is said to have received the news in stoic silence [3].
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- Bancroft, Mary 1983. Autobiography of a spy. William Morrow and Company. Inc. New York. ISBN 0688020194
- Fuentes, Norberto 2004 La Autobiografia De Fidel Castro Editorial Planeta, Mexico D.F ISBN 8423336042, ISBN 9707490012
- Geyer, Georgie Anne 2002 Guerrilla Prince. Andrews McMeel Publishing Kansas City ISBN 0740720643
- Roloff y Mialofsky, Carlos and Gerardo Forrest 1901. Yndice Alfabetico y Difunctiones del Ejercito Libertador de Cuba. Edited under the official direction of Leonard Wood. Printed in Havana by Rambla y Bauza
