Wednesday, July 11

Second Castro Daughter Bolts Cuba

Decond daughter of murderous communist dictator Fidel Castro left Cuba two
years ago and now lives in the U.S. with her husband, Castro's sister
confirmed on Tuesday."It's more than true," Juanita Castro told the Miami
Herald. Ms. Castro, Fidel's 68-year-old sister, lives in Miami and runs her
own pharmacy. Lazaro Asencio, a former Castro comandante who also lives in
Miami, first tipped Talk magazine to news that the Havana strongman had a
second daughter who now lives in the U.S.Her first name is Francisca and she
is reportedly in her late 40s, but Castro sources are withholding further
details because she wants to continue her quiet lifestyle as a day care
school teacher.According to Juanita Castro's account, Francisca escaped to
Miami two years ago after she won a visa in Cuba's lottery.In 1996, three
years before Francisca moved the the U.S., another Castro daughter escaped
Cuba. Alina Fernandez was the product of an extramarital liaison between the
Cuban dictator and a woman described in press accounts as "a beautiful
would-be revolutionary."Like Fernandez, Francisca appears to be one of
Castro's rumored dozen-plus out-of-wedlock children."Fidel told me one night
- he used to talk to me a lot late at night - that he had over 15 children,"
Asencio told Talk magazine."In November 1952, Fidel was in Santa Clara and
said, 'I need to borrow your car.'"Asencio said Castro had two young women
with him when he went off for a joyride. Seven years later, one of the women
turned up at his office with a little girl in tow."She asked me, 'Do you know
who this girl is? This is my daughter. And she is Fidel Castro's daughter,
and the relationship happened in your car.'"Asencio said that when he
confronted Castro with the woman's claims, the Cuban dictator told him, "It's
true.""I learned later that he put [his brother] Raul [Castro] in charge to
take care of the little girl; he organized parties for her. He gave her a
good house in Santa Clara, and there the little girl grew up and today she
must be 48. Now she's here in Miami," the former Cuban official told Talk
magazine.

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