Alina Fernández

Alina Fernandez (born in 1956) is the daughter and critic of Fidel Castro. Fernandez was born in 1956 and lived under her father’s rule from when he took power in 1959 until she fled the country with her daughter because of dissenting political views in 1993. As an illegitimate daughter of the dictator, she lived her young life with her mother and became a model and public relations director for a Cuban fashion company, according to the University Program Board. In 1993, she fled to Spain using false papers and disguised as a Spanish tourist. From Spain, she moved to Miami.

In 1998 she wrote Castro's Daughter: An Exile's Memoir of Cuba. It describes in intimate detail her life growing up in Cuba as Castro's daughter and the changes that occurred within the country. For example, at the age of three, she remembers Mickey Mouse being replaced on the television with executions ordered by Fidel Castro.

She has a radio show called Simplemente Alina (Simply Alina). Tuesdays and Thursdays, the fare on her variety show is lighter. A painter, maybe a musician, in the guest chair. But Wednesdays are total immersion in Cuban politics.