Really Interesting People

Worldwide 05/01/2024

JUANITA CASTRO, aged 90

She was the sister Fidel Castro, who seized power in Cuba, but she fell out with him and became a CIA agent, before defecting to the USA and living in exile.

Worldwide 18/04/2023

MARIO TERAN, aged 80

An ordinary officer in the Bolivian army, he was present at the arrest of revolutionary – and was the man who executed him. This forced him to live under cover for the rest of his life.

Worldwide 10/12/2022

HEBE DE BONAFINI, aged 93

An Argentinian housewife, both her sons were kidnapped and murdered during the Dirty War. She set up the ‘Mothers of the Disappeared to protest – but became a controversial character.