By Andrew L. Jaffee

El Jefe, Fidel Castro, admired by the Left for “standing up” to the U.S., doesn’t exactly fit Marx and Engels’ definition of a communist leader. From the Australian:

Cuban President Fidel Castro was furious when Forbes magazine estimated his fortune at $US550 million ($715million) last year. This year, the magazine upped its estimate to $US900 million.

Dr Castro, who says his net worth is nil, is probably the beneficiary of up to $US900million, based on his control of state-owned companies, the US financial magazine says in its annual tally of the fortunes of “Kings, Queens and Dictators”.