Wu Zetian once said a sentence, father and son do not believe, and the family road is not harmonious, in the eyes of many people, the best way to inherit the family business is the father dies and the son inherits, and the children inherit the family business and then carry forward the most natural thing. But for Castro, Cuba's first senior leader, his most suitable heir is not his own son, but his brother Raul.
The second generation of officials who have high hopes
Castro's son is called Little Fidel, who looks almost the same as his father, and has a characteristic beard on his face for many years, so he is known as Little Fidel.
Castro was actually very concerned about this only son, and once planned to train him as his successor like Chiang Kai-shek, but little Fidel obviously did not have Chiang Ching-kuo's political level and talent. Little Fidel was sent to the Soviet Union to study at a young age, when the Soviet Union was basically the base camp of socialist countries, and even China had many senior officials who had studied in the Soviet Union, such as Chairman Mao's son Mao Anying, who studied in the Soviet Union.
However, Castro sent his son to the Soviet Union, not to learn any advanced political ideas or military knowledge, but to obtain soviet nuclear weapons technology, at that time Cuba also hoped to expand its influence in South America through the development of nuclear weapons, and had the capital to negotiate with the United States, so he sent Fidel Jr. to the Soviet Union to study for a doctorate in nuclear physics.
However, Fidel Jr. was still somewhat lacking in this area, and after returning from the Soviet Union, Fidel Jr. failed to develop useful nuclear weapons in Cuba for twelve years from 1980 to 1992, which made Castro disappointed the young son for the first time.
A lesser brother with outstanding abilities
Unlike Fidel Jr., his uncle Raul was politically trusted by Castro and had been with Castro since the founding of Cuba, helping each other fight against the oppressive rule of the United States.
For this reason, after the establishment of the socialist regime in Cuba, Raúl naturally became the second in command, Raúl not only fought and his brother Castro, but also performed in politics, he emulated the socialist market economy carried out by China, effectively alleviated the economic crisis in Cuba, although it did not completely achieve prosperity and strength, but he could maintain domestic political stability under the high-intensity economic blow of the United States, which showed that Castro recognized his ability.
Castro is the leader of a country, and he cannot have emotional matters in big things, although he does not want his son to take over his career, but he has studied for many years and his political achievements are not too bright. Castro also knew that it was impossible to let Fidel Jr. come to power, so in 2011, in a state of increasing physical deterioration, he handed over power to Raul, completely cutting off Fidel Jr.'s hopes of participating in politics.
Life after retirement
Unfortunately, after leaving the political circle, Fidel Jr. did not live the life he wanted to live, and years of snub caused Fidel Jr. to suffer from depression and choose to commit suicide and leave this world two years after Castro's death.
It is a pity that the son of a generation of tyrants has ended up like this, perhaps the path castro chose for little Fidel in the beginning was wrong, and he may be more suitable to be an ordinary scholar.
Reference: The Biography of Castro