Alina Fernández

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Alina Fernández Revuelta (born March 3, 1956) is the daughter and a critic of Fidel Castro. She lived under her father’s rule from when he took power in 1959 until she fled the country in 1993 with her daughter because of dissenting political views. As an illegitimate daughter of the president, she lived her young life with her mother and became a model and public relations director for a Cuban fashion company, according to the University Program Board. In 1993, she fled to Spain using false papers and disguised as a Spanish tourist. From Spain, she moved to Miami.

In 1998 she wrote Castro's Daughter: An Exile's Memoir of Cuba. It describes in intimate detail her life growing up in Cuba as Castro's daughter and the changes that occurred within the country. For example, at the age of three, she remembers Mickey Mouse being replaced on the television with executions ordered by Fidel Castro.

She has a radio show called Simplemente Alina (Simply Alina) on WQBA in Miami. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the fare on her variety show is light, with guests such as painters and musicians. However, Wednesdays are a total immersion in Cuban politics.

[edit] Lawsuit

In 1998, Juanita Castro filed a lawsuit in Spain against her niece Alina Fernández for libel over some passages in her autobiography that were about Juanita's parents. The Spanish court ordered Fernández and Plaza & Janes, the Barcelona Random House division that published the book, to pay $45,000 to Juanita. Juanita claimed the book defamed her family stating "People who were eating off Fidel's plate yesterday come here and want money and power, so they say whatever they want, even if it's not true". [1]