Raul Castro Fast Facts
Personal:Birth date: June 3, 1931, Birth place: Biran, Cuba, Birth name: Raul Modesto Castro Ruz, Father: Angel Castro, a wealthy Spanish landowner, Mother: Lina Ruz, a cook and maid to Angel Castro’s first wife, Marriage: Vilma Espin ( her death) Children: Mariela, Nilsa, Deborah, Alejandro, Education: Attended the University of Havana, Timeline:1953 Attempts, along with his older brother Fidel Castro, to overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, after which both are sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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