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Castros sister: She helped CIA against Cuban leaders
Oct 27 2009, Vicente

Juanita Castro, the younger sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, worked for the CIA during some crucial years of the Cold War, she says in her new memoir.

Juanita Castro, originally a supporter of the Cuban revolution that brought Fidel...

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