28/07/2010 14:08
Fidel Castro to publish new book in August
Fidel Castro, 83, the former Cuban president, has announced plans to release the first volume of his memoirs.
He said on Tuesday that he would release a book "within a few days" about his guerrilla life in the years dating back to the 1959 revolution. Castro said that he started writing the memoirs after he fell ill in 2006 and handed power to his brother Raul.
The book took several months to complete. It will include a short autobiography in which the former president details his childhood, photographs, maps and plans of the guerrilla war against the dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Among the many titles the former revolutionary said he considered for the 25-chapter book was: How 300 defeated 10,000.