26 Oct 2009

Castro's sister helped CIA

BE026458One of the sisters of Cuba's former long-time president, Fidel Castro, says she collaborated with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) against her brother. Juanita Castro, 76, has lived in the US since 1964.

She initially supported Fidel Castro's overthrow of the Batista regime but quickly grew disillusioned. In a memoir, she says she collaborated with the CIA.

She says she smuggled messages, documents and money, all hidden in canned goods, from Mexico back into Cuba. Ms Castro says she was not paid and she refused to participate in any violent activity against her brother or anyone in the Castro regime.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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