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'Cuba is not a country that you should underestimate'

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May 29, 2026

Alina Fernandez, Fidel Castro's daughter, reflects on her personal history, her opposition to the Cuban regime once led by her father and uncle, and the uncertain future of the island she once called home.

With US pressure  on Cuba intensifying, but the Trump administration's intentions still unclear, the prominent exile Alina Fernandez spoke with DW about her father, Fidel Castro, and what US officials should consider when making plans the island she called home for over half her life.

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