A 'gold medal' assassination survivor

FIDEL CASTRO is retiring after surviving numerous plots to end his rule more abruptly.

A 'gold medal' assassination survivor

As the number one enemy of the US in the 1960s, it is an open secret that he was targeted by the CIA.

In 1999, Cuba claimed the US had tried to assassinate Castro no fewer than 637 times in the preceding 40 years, either through official attempts by Washington or by agents of Miami’s large exiled Cuban-American population.

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