An investigation by engineer Norges Rodríguez and journalist Cynthia de la Cantera uncovered a millionaire network that involves descendants of Fidel and Raúl Castro. In dialogue with Infobae, the author described the findings of his work
An investigation by the Cuban engineer Norges Rodríguezfounder of the medium YucaByte and in exile since 2016, together with the journalist Cynthia de la Canterauncovered an international business network of the Castro family and the Cuban power leadership. Two grandchildren of his own Fidel Castro They are in the plot.
By Infobae
The activities of these companies are so diverse that they range from telephone recharges until the beerhe tequila and even the charcoal. Besides, It has branches in the United States, Mexico, Panama, Spain, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.
In dialogue with Infobae, Rodríguez explained what this network consists of and what its scope is. “This investigation, in collaboration with the Venezuelan portal ArmandoInfowe started it because we had done a previous one about what the Cuban regime received from telephone recharges“, began.
“They (the regime), in 2013, began to offer a service for exiles to pay for mobile phones for people who were in Cuba. So you were in Miami, for example, and you wanted your family member to communicate and, through companies authorized by the Cuban telecommunications monopoly, ETECSA, they made you put 20 dollars, 100 dollars or whatever you wanted to that phone. of your relative in Cuba so that he could communicate,” he explained.
“So we started investigating. What companies were those that were authorizing that from outside they would collect that money and this is the important thing: We realized that the amount they received for this concept was millionaires. We are talking about that, at one time, they were 1.6 billion dollars a year for recharges and services related to telecommunications. That is where we took on the task of investigating who the people were behind those companies,” Rodríguez told this medium.
Asked about this, he explained that, after a while, They found a member of the Castro family. “That’s where the alarms went off and we said, ‘Well, this goes beyond the refill business.’ There is a more interesting story here,” she highlighted.
“When we found this member of the Castro family, whose name is Hector Castro Santanawho is one of the main people in this investigation, we realized that the business was even broaderwhich not only included the refillsthat there was a business importing drinks to Cuba: beer, tequila, different types of drinks… But there was also a Cuban charcoal export business to Europe and there was one of export of Cuban tropical fruits towards the Old Continent,” he described.
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