Fidel Castro’s sister dies at 90 in Miami
MIAMI — Juanita Castro, sister of former Cuban rulers Fidel Castro and Raúl Castro and a longtime opponent of the Communist regime in Cuba, died Monday in Miami. She was 90.
The fifth daughter of Angel Castro and Lina Ruz, born in Birán, in the eastern region of Cuba, Castro was one of the most vigorous critics of Fidel Castro’s regime and never returned to her country after going into exile.
She left the island in 1964to reunite with her sister Enma. By that time she already had significant differences with her brother Fidel, due to his turn toward communism. Before she left Cuba she had begun working as a CIA agent. As part of that work she helped 200 people leave the island.
She settled in Miami in 1964 and opened a pharmacy in Little Havana, Mini Price, in 1973. She sold the drugstore to the CVS Pharmacy chain in 2006.