Forbes listaa Castron yhdeksi rikkaimmista

Fidel Castron kannatti ryhtyä diktaattoriksi. Hänen hallintavallassaan oleva omaisuuden arvo on 550 miljoonaa dollaria.

Lisäksi hänellä on etuoikeuksia ja oikeuksia joita muilla kuubalaisilla ei ole.


http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/2005/03/07/cz_bill05 _royalsslide_6.html?thisSpeed=25000

Fidel Castro
President, Cuba
$550 million



Cuba's socialist dictator-for-life derives his fortune from a web of state-owned businesses. Among his profit-generating operations: El Palacio de Convenciones, a convention center near Havana; retail conglomerate CIMEX; and Medicuba, which sells vaccines and other pharmaceuticals produced in Cuba. Castro has ruled the impoverished nation of 11 million since his revolutionary army ousted Fulgencio Batista in 1959. Travels exclusively in a convoy of black Mercedes-Benzes. Sold state-owned Havana Club rum to French liquor giant Pernod Ricard for $50 million in 1993. At age 78, Castro continues to rage against the U.S. Last year he banned the use of American dollars as currency in Cuba and imposed a 10% exchange fee for tourists.



Kim Jong-Il

North Korea
$1 billion

North Korea's "Dear Leader" reportedly buys Mercedes Benz cars by the dozen and is said to be one of the world's biggest importers of Hennessy's cognac. His 60th birthday, in April, is a national holiday, as is that of his father Kim Il-Sung who died in 1994. The 60th birthday is a benchmark event in the zodiac cycle, and festivities for the dictator will last from April to June.