Fidel Castro’s younger sister says she collaborated
with the CIA in 1964 following the Cuban revolution.
Juanita Castro, 76, told Univision’s WLTV-23 station late Sunday
she initially supported her brother’s 1959 overthrow of the Batista
dictatorship but quickly became disillusioned by the revolution’s
vast number of executions and rampant expropriation of private
property.
Her home became a sanctuary for anti-Communists before she fled
the island in 1964. In the TV interview, Juanita Castro says she
was approached by the CIA. The station confirmed she collaborated
with the agency while in Cuba and after she left.
Well regarded in the exile community, Juanita Castro eventually
settled into a quiet life in Miami and ran a pharmacy until 2007.
The memoir was released Monday by Santillana USA.
