Juanita Castro

Juanita Castro Juanita Castro, Juana de la Caridad Castro Ruz (born May 6, 1933, Biran, Cuba) - Cuban American, Fidel Castro's sister, Cuban revolutionary spy, spy of the Central Intelligence Agency. Juanita was the fifth of the seven illegitimate children of Angela Castro and his wife, Ruz Rina. Her brothers and sisters are Angela, Ramon, Fidel, Raul, Emma and Agustin.

At first, she supported Fidel's brother while traveling abroad to finance the purchase of arms, but quickly dissolved the revolution, as did her leaders, including Che Guevara.

Since 1961, she has cooperated with the Central Intelligence Agency, according to her own statement. She was recruited in Mexico where she went on the pretense of visiting her younger sister Emma. Under the codename "Donna", she helped emigrate from Cuba and did other things she did without remuneration, treated as a patriotic duty. Under the pressure of the brothers left Cuba June 17, 1964, first settled in Mexico, then went to the United States. She continued her opposition political activities, in 1971 she performed in Chile after visiting her brother there. Together with the CIA, she co-created an anti-government organization operating in Cuba, acting until the presidency of Richard Nixon.

In 1998, she won a court case against her niece Alina Fernandez for her biased biography - Fernandez and the publishing house were sentenced to $ 45,000.

In 2009 she published an autobiography, "Fidel y Raul, mis hermanos," co-authored with journalist Maria Collins. La historia secreta ", which became a hit of the reader. In the same year a documentary film "My Brothers and I" was filmed.

He lives in Miami and has directed a charity pharmacy until 2006. Authoritative control (person):

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