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Ailing leader Fidel Castro turned 81 on Monday, spending his second consecutive birthday convalescing at an unknown location. Hundreds of children gathered in Havana’s Lenin Park to enjoy a massive sheet cake with light blue frosting, pink roses and the message “Felicidades, Comandante.” Still, Castro is not universally beloved in the country and is reviled by many Cuban exiles in Miami who accuse him of human rights abuses.