Young fan who dresses like Fidel Castro meets his idol
Young fan who dresses like Fidel Castro meets his idol
SAN ANTONIO DE LOS BANOS Cuba (Reuters) – All that’s missing is the beard.
An 8-year-old Cuban boy who likes to dress up as Fidel Castro got to
meet his idol after Cuba’s 88-year-old retired leader invited him and
his family to his Havana home for a chat.
“I felt a lot of emotion upon seeing Fidel,” Marlon Mendez told Reuters
on Monday from his home near Havana. “The whole family hugged him. It
was my dream to meet Fidel, and I did it. … My mother was shaking.”
Marlon and his family went to visit Castro on Aug. 16, upon the
invitation of the retired leader who is revered by some and detested by
others for leading the Cuban revolution of 1959 and remaining in power
for 49 years.
The boy likes to dress in green fatigues, army boots and cap as Castro
once did. Marlon wore the costume to his meeting with Castro, but
without Castro’s trademark beard and cigar. Castro was frequently seen
puffing on a Havana until he quit smoking in 1985.
Marlon was first featured on Cuban television on Aug. 12, a day before
Castro turned 88. His bedroom wall is decorated with dozens of pictures
of Fidel, in contrast to the bed made with Snoopy sheets.
After Marlon appeared in the media in his Fidel costume, first on Cuban
television and later in Reuters photographs, his family received the
invitation.
Marlon showed off pictures of his meeting with Castro and a hand-written
note in which the aging revolutionary referred to “my great friend
Marlon Mendez.”
The boy’s grandmother, Maria Elvira Hernandez, said they talked about
agriculture and Venezuela, Cuba’s close socialist ally.
“Eight-eight years are 88 years. But a lot of 88-year-olds would like to
be like him,” Hernandez said. “We want Fidel around for a lot longer.”
While many Cubans love or respect Castro for standing up to the United
States and leading the one-party state for so long, others dismiss him
as a dictator.
Due to failing health, Castro handed power to his younger brother Raul
Castro, at first provisionally in 2006 and then permanently in 2008. In
retirement, Fidel Castro has traded his habitual military uniform for a
track suit. He has mostly withdrawn from public view, occasionally
writing columns or receiving foreign leaders.
(Reporting by Enrique de la Osa, Rodrigo Gutierrez and Nelson Acosta;
Writing by Daniel Trotta; Editing by David Gregorio)
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