Punto Cero, Nov 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There is a strong rumor that the Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro is dead. It is an unconfirmed rumor. Due to his failing health, Fidel Castro has been on the so-called deathbed for long. In July 2006, he had emergency intestinal surgery to stem internal bleeding caused by chronic diverticulitis, which nearly claimed his life.

His failing health has made him dependant on medicines, doctors and surgeries and the subsequent complications from them. So a state-of-the art convalescent suite has been made in his principal residence, Punto Cero, where he is completely surrounded by his well-meaning family and Cuba’s finest doctors.

When he is well enough only then he entertains visitors, and keeps on keeping track and his intervention in Cuba’s politics.

Earlier in the year, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton had greatly exaggerated Fidel Castro’s dead claims and was an Internet sensation as well.

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born August 13, 1926 in Biran, Cuba. He is a very well known Cuban politician, one of the primary leaders of the Cuban Revolution, the Prime Minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976, and then the President of the Council of State of Cuba until his resignation from the office in February 2008. He is currently the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.