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| HAVANA — Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, the eldest son of the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, committed suicide on Thursday after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported. | HAVANA — Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, the eldest son of the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, committed suicide on Thursday after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported. |
| “Díaz-Balart, who had been attended by a group of doctors for several months due to a state of profound depression, committed suicide this morning,” the website Cubadebate said. | “Díaz-Balart, who had been attended by a group of doctors for several months due to a state of profound depression, committed suicide this morning,” the website Cubadebate said. |
| Mr. Castro, 68, also known as Fidelito, or Little Fidel, because of how much he looked like his father, had initially been hospitalized for depression and then continued treatment outside of the hospital. | Mr. Castro, 68, also known as Fidelito, or Little Fidel, because of how much he looked like his father, had initially been hospitalized for depression and then continued treatment outside of the hospital. |
| A nuclear physicist who studied in the former Soviet Union, he served as a scientific counselor to the Cuban Council of State and vice president of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. | A nuclear physicist who studied in the former Soviet Union, he served as a scientific counselor to the Cuban Council of State and vice president of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. |
| His father died just over a year ago, on Nov. 26, 2016, at age 90. | His father died just over a year ago, on Nov. 26, 2016, at age 90. |
| From 1980 to 1992, Mr. Castro Díaz-Balart was in charge of Cuba’s national nuclear program, and he spearheaded the development of a nuclear plant on the island. | |
| Cuba halted those plans in 1992 because of a lack of funding after the collapse of its trade and aid ties with the former Soviet bloc, and Mr. Castro Díaz-Balart largely disappeared from public view. |