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Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart helped develop nuclear energy in Cuba
Thomson Reuters
Posted: Feb 01, 2018 9:28 PM ET
Last Updated: Feb 01, 2018 9:29 PM ET
The son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, took his own life on Thursday after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported Thursday.
“Diaz-Balart, who had been attended by a group of doctors for several months due to a state of profound depression, committed suicide this morning,” Cubadebate website said. Castro Junior, 68, also known as Fidelito because of how much he looked like his father, had initially been hospitalized for depression and then continued treatment outside of hospital.
Educated scientist
Diaz-Balart was born in 1949. He was the son of Mirta Diaz-Balart, Castro’s first wife. They married in 1948, honeymooned in New York City, and divorced seven years later, when Castro was in exile .
Diaz-Balart was the most educated of Castro’s children. He attended the Higher Institute of Science and Technology in the former USSR and in the 1980’s, he was closely linked to the study and development of nuclear energy in Cuba.
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