Atahualpa Amerise

Alina Fernandez, Fidel Castro's only officially acknowledged daughter, describes growing up unaware of her parentage, learning the truth at age 10 and rejecting Castro both as a father and as the leader of Cuba. She recalls his irregular visits, long monologues and interference in her life, while criticizing the repression, personality cult, shortages and fear associated with his rule. In 1993, she escaped Cuba using another woman's passport and eventually settled in Miami, where she publicly embraced her relationship to Castro as a means of denouncing the regime. Fernandez says she felt neither great grief nor joy at his death in 2016 and argues that Cuba's continuing crisis under Miguel Díaz-Canel is a consequence of the political and economic system her father imposed, compounded by the U.S. embargo.

Alina Fernández recounts growing up in Cuba without knowing that Fidel Castro was her biological father, his intermittent visits and controlling influence, and her feelings of betrayal after learning the truth at age ten. She describes becoming increasingly disillusioned with Castro’s authoritarian rule and Cuba’s shortages and repression before escaping to Spain in 1993 and eventually settling in Miami. In exile, the identity she once concealed became the basis for public criticism of her father and the Cuban system. She published a bestselling memoir in 1997 and says she felt neither profound grief nor joy when Castro died in 2016. Fernández argues that Cuba’s continuing economic crisis reflects the political and economic system Castro established, while acknowledging the impact of US sanctions.

Les relations entre l’Espagne et le Maroc restent fragiles malgré une coopération officiellement qualifiée d’excellente. Trois dossiers structurent les tensions: le soutien de Madrid au plan marocain d’autonomie pour le Sahara occidental, les revendications marocaines sur Ceuta et Melilla, et la nécessité pour l’Espagne de ménager à la fois Rabat et Alger. L’arrivée massive de migrants à Ceuta, qui a fait des dizaines de morts et des dizaines de milliers de retours vers le Maroc, a ravivé les soupçons selon lesquels Rabat pourrait utiliser le contrôle migratoire comme moyen de pression, notamment après la visite de Pedro Sánchez en Algérie. Les liens bilatéraux dépendent donc fortement de la coopération marocaine sur les migrations, tout en restant exposés aux conflits territoriaux et aux rivalités régionales.