‘Fidel Castro’ Changes His Name to Mike--Really!
<i> Associated Press </i>
BRADENTON, Fla. —
Fidel Castro has changed his name to Mike and is living in Bradenton working for a capitalist bank.
No, not that Fidel. With the stroke of a pen, Circuit Judge Stephen Dakan changed the legal name of Bradenton’s Fidel Castro--named after the Cuban president--to Michael Anthony Castro.
“If you had a name like Fidel Castro, wouldn’t you want to change it?” Castro said.
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