Tarleton State University

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

STEPHENVILLE, Texas—Alina Fernandez, the estranged daughter of revolutionary and longtime leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro, will tell her personal story of growing up in Cuba at a talk set for 7 p.m., March 1, in Room 107 of the Nursing Building.

Born in Havana in 1956, Fernandez was a toddler when Castro and his followers overthrew the Batista government during the 1959 Cuban Revolution. Her personal story describes her childhood as well as the surrounding political environment during the 1960s and ’70s.

As a young woman in the 1980s, Fernandez became disenchanted with the political climate in Cuba and joined the dissident movement. In 1993 she fled Cuba to Spain. She now lives in Miami where she hosts a radio program, writes opinion pieces for the Miami Herald and serves as a TV commentator.

St. Martin's Press published her story, Castro's Daughter: An Exile's Memoir of Cuba, in 1998. Hollywood is currently making a major motion picture based on her life.

Fernandez’s talk is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. Call 254-968-9488 to reserve a seat.

Tarleton’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion is sponsoring the talk as part of Women’s History Month.

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