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Plots seemingly straight from a James Bond novel include that of the famous
exploding cigar, which was supposedly to have been given to Castro when he
visited the UN in New York. Another idea was to contaminate a cigar with
botulinum toxin but it never actually reached him and he quit smoking in 1985.

One former lover was recruited as a hitwoman and given poison pills by the CIA,
which she hid in her cold-cream jar. The pills melted and the woman decided
that the chances of forcing them into Castro’s mouth while he slept were limited.
According to her, Castro guessed her intentions and chivalrously offered her
his own pistol so she could finish the job. “I can’t do it, Fidel,” she told him.