Journalist Maria Antonietta Collins, author of the deceased’s memoirs, who lived in Miami since the 1990s, wrote.
Juanita Castro left Cuba in 1964, after separating from her brothers Fidel – who died in Havana in 2016 – and Raúl, due to disagreement over the direction the Cuban Revolution was taking. He went into exile in the United States, where he publicly denounced the work of his brothers leading the island and cooperated with the CIA, under the alias “Donna,” in plans to overthrow them, admitted Juanita, who opened a pharmacy in Florida, where he worked for decades.
It was difficult to deal with the fact that she was both the sister of Cuba’s communist leaders and an exile in Florida, as she recounted in her memoir, My Brothers Fidel and Raúl – The Secret Story.
“Without a doubt,” he wrote, “I have suffered more than the rest of the exiles, for there is no one in the Florida Straits to give me comfort, and there are few who understand the paradox of my life.” “For those in Cuba, I am a dissident because I left and denounced the existing regime. For many in Miami, I am ‘persona non grata’ because I am the sister of Fidel and Raúl.”
