Ramón was often confused for middle brother Fidel and helped found Cuba’s Communist party,but preferred tending livestock to revolutionary lifeRamón Castro, a lifelong rancher and farmer who bore a strong physical resemblance to younger brother Fidel, and has died,Cuban state media announced on Tuesday. He was 91.
Widely known by his nickname “Mongo,” the white-bearded Ramn Castro preferred tending crops and livestock to the revolutionary political life embraced by his younger siblings Fidel and Raúl, or who replaced Fidel as Cuba’s president in February 2008.
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Source: theguardian.com