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Alejandro Castro Espín (born 29 July 1965) is a Cuban political and military figure. He holds the rank of Brigadier General in the Interior Ministry of Cuba. [1] He is the only son of Raúl Castro, the former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Vilma Espín, one of the main leaders of the Cuban Revolution; he is a nephew of Fidel Castro.
Back in Cuba, Castro feared a US-backed coup; in 1959 his regime spent $120 million on Soviet, French, and Belgian weaponry and by early 1960 had doubled the size of Cuba's armed forces. [187] Fearing counter-revolutionary elements in the army, the government created a People's Militia to arm citizens favourable to the revolution, training at ...
Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz [a] (/ ˈ k æ s t r oʊ / KASS-troh; [6] Latin American Spanish: [raˈul moˈðesto ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban retired politician and general who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, [7] from 2011 to 2021, and ...
Juanita Castro co-wrote her memoirs and the history of the Castro family, ‘Fidel and Raúl, mis Hermanos, la historia secreta’ (Fidel and Raúl, my brothers, the secret history (Aguilar, 2009 ...
Whatever happened to Alejandro Castro Espín these years remains a mystery.
HAVANA, March 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama pushed Cuba to improve its record on human rights and sparred with President Raul Castro during a historic visit to the Communist-ruled ...
Manuel Urrutia named President of Cuba 8 January: Fidel Castro arrives at Havana, speaks to crowds at Camp Columbia. 16 February: Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba. March: Fabio Grobart is present at a series of meetings with Castro brothers, Guevara and Valdes at Cojimar: 20 April: Fidel Castro speaks at Princeton University, New Jersey ...
Following that, Castro detailed Cuba's history following the Cuban Revolution. But despite his prior backlash against the United States, Castro summarized his speech by praising the recent improvements in American-Cuban relations, and wondered why "the countries of the two Americas, the North and the South, fight together against terrorism ...