Fidel Castro’s eldest son committed suicide Thursday in Havana, Cuban state media reported. Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, 68, reportedly suffered from depression. Castro Díaz-Balart trained as a nuclear engineer in the Soviet Union, once served as head of Cuba’s nuclear program, and was most recently scientific adviser to the Cuban Council of State. His father, Fidel Castro, ruled Cuba from 1959 until 2008, and died in 2016 at the age of 90.
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