Born Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz on August 13, 1926 and raised in the Oriente Province in Cuba. His name came from the Late Latin name Fidelis which meant "faithful". He was the third of seven children born to Angel Castro y Argiz, a Spanish immigrant, and Lina Ruz González, a household servant who later married Angel. Fidel Castro was a rebellious boy and at the age of thirteen helped to organize a strike of sugar workers on his father's plantation. Both of his parents were illiterate but they were determined to make sure their children receive a good education and Fidel was sent to a Jesuit boarding school. Although he disliked the strict discipline of the school, Fidel soon showed that he was extremely intelligent. The Jesuits, under whom he studied from sixth to twelfth grade, preached a conservative, Counter-Reformation type critique of capitalism. As a student his best subjects were history and geography. In 1943 he became the best secondary school athlete in the country.......
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