Angela Peña, the investigative reporter for Hoy newspaper, in a telephone interview with Juanita Castro, the sister of President of Cuba Fidel Castro Ruz who lives in Miami, denied that she and her brothers are related to Dominicans living in Baní, Peravia. Members of the Familia Pimentel Ortíz of Baní insist that the mother of the Cuban governor, Irene Castro was from Baní. The family is sure that their aunt Irene Castro traveled to Cuba where she married Fidel Castro’s Spanish father. Fidel Castro’s origins are uncertain. Microsoft’s Encarta Enciclopedia (1997) states that Castro was born 13 August 1927 in Mayari, Cuba. It also states that he is the bastard son of a Spanish immigrant who worked as a sugar farmer. The names of his parents are not named though, as reported by the Hoy journalist. Fidel Castro will visit the DR on 20 August of this year.
