Flashback: Just Another Banana Republic "Man of the People"

Pimp Fidel

EXCLUSIVE: How Fidel Castro lived like a king: Secret dream island, a string of mistresses, a luxury yacht and Holstein cows hoisted up to the fourth floor of his Havana hideaway

• The longtime bodyguard of Fidel Castro rips the lid off the lavish secret life of the Cuban dictator in new book
• Lieutenant Colonel Juan Reinaldo Sanchez served Castro for 17 years 
• Cayo Piedra was his tropical paradise unparalleled in the world - but the dictator had at least 20 equally lavish other homes
• At the House of Carbonell, where Castro had secret affairs with Juana Vera, his English speaking interpreter, Gladys, a Cuban airline flight attendant and Pilar, a French speaking interpreter  
• Celia Sanchez who had been at the heart of the Cuban revolution with Fidel, was his mistress, confidante and indispensable aid 
• His longtime companion Dalia Soto del Valle eventually became his wife and mother of five children
• Castro indulged his passion for breeding European Holstein cows to Cuban zebus hoping to create a new race of cattle

By Caroline Howe For Dailymail.com

Published: 13:51 EST, 7 May 2015

Marxist Terrorists Embrace

While the long-suffering Cuban people lived a life of hardship, decay and extreme poverty with meager food rations that left their cupboards bare and stomachs empty, Fidel Castro, the Cuban monarch, indulged himself regally with narcissistic excess --- the best kept secret in Cuba.

The dictator lived in luxury between twenty-some houses, and a top secret dream island, Cayo Piedra, a tropical paradise unparalleled in the world -- where he ventured every weekend with his secret mistress, Dalia Soto del Valle, his companion since 1961. 

Dalia's own existence was unknown to the eleven million Cuban people.

He had numerous affairs and kept his mistresses a secret, along with his lavish lifestyle.

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