Fidel’s Daughter Fights Oppression in Cuba
Back in 1993, a Cuban dissident boarded a plane in Havana disguised as a Spanish tourist, with a wig and a fake passport, and flew to Spain to escape the tyranny in Cuba.
But Alina Fernandez-Revuelta isn’t just another Cuban dissident — she is Fidel Castro’s daughter.
Now she lives in Miami and is dedicated to one crusade: Educating Americans about the injustices of the Cuban regime. And she is about to see her life unfold on the big screen in “Castro’s Daughter,” a film based on a screenplay by Oscar-winner Bobby Moresco (“Crash”) and Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz.
Fernandez-Revuelta, 55, lives alone in a house near Miami’s Little Havana, and works part-time as a medical researcher at a local hospital. But her main focus is on her hour-long weeknight radio show, “Simply Alina” in English, which features her commentary, news about Cuba, and guests from across the Cuban-American community.
She also delivers anti-Castro speeches at universities and other institutions.
“It’s my duty, maybe part of the obligation I have because of who I am,” she told Fox News Latino.
She also said living in the Cuban exile capital of the world “has been the hardest experience in my life because it’s living with the victims of your own family, your own flesh and blood.”
Mauricio Claver-Carone, chairman of the U.S. Cuba Democracy PAC, said, “The impact she’s had has been tremendous in terms of educating the American public about the reality and injustice of the Cuban regime — but it’s difficult for her because it’s still her father.”
Fernandez-Revuelta does not speak by phone with her mother, Natalia Revuelta, who had an affair with Fidel Castro three years before he came to power in 1959 and still lives in Cuba.
“My family caused so much damage to people walking around here [in Miami] every day,” she said. “It’s taken me several years to get over those guilty feelings.”
Back in 1993, a Cuban dissident boarded a plane in Havana disguised as a Spanish tourist, with a wig and a fake passport, and flew to Spain to escape the tyranny in Cuba.
But Alina Fernandez-Revuelta isn’t just another Cuban dissident — she is Fidel Castro’s daughter.
Now she lives in Miami and is dedicated to one crusade: Educating Americans about the injustices of the Cuban regime. And she is about to see her life unfold on the big screen in “Castro’s Daughter,” a film based on a screenplay by Oscar-winner Bobby Moresco (“Crash”) and Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz.
Fernandez-Revuelta, 55, lives alone in a house near Miami’s Little Havana, and works part-time as a medical researcher at a local hospital. But her main focus is on her hour-long weeknight radio show, “Simply Alina” in English, which features her commentary, news about Cuba, and guests from across the Cuban-American community.
She also delivers anti-Castro speeches at universities and other institutions.
“It’s my duty, maybe part of the obligation I have because of who I am,” she told Fox News Latino.
She also said living in the Cuban exile capital of the world “has been the hardest experience in my life because it’s living with the victims of your own family, your own flesh and blood.”
Mauricio Claver-Carone, chairman of the U.S. Cuba Democracy PAC, said, “The impact she’s had has been tremendous in terms of educating the American public about the reality and injustice of the Cuban regime — but it’s difficult for her because it’s still her father.”
Fernandez-Revuelta does not speak by phone with her mother, Natalia Revuelta, who had an affair with Fidel Castro three years before he came to power in 1959 and still lives in Cuba.
“My family caused so much damage to people walking around here [in Miami] every day,” she said. “It’s taken me several years to get over those guilty feelings.”