Raul Castro's illegitimacy. Part Five.

Doesn't  Raul enjoy the same lack of transparency in his administration as his brother Fidel? What does the Cuban people know about  the famous "Money reserve of the Commander-in-chief" created in the sixties? A special account formed with funds drawn from the national economic activity for the exclusive use of the dictator, outside any control or verification, with the justification of a convenient alleged imperialist aggression. In practice, that money reserve serves more to Castros' private interests than to public action. According to Juan Reinaldo Sanchez, Fidel's former bodyguard, the "Money reserve of the Commander-in-chief" is "the pay that allows him to live like a king without ever worrying about expenses... Fidel can ... at all times ... order to build a clinic, a school, a road, or ... assign vehicles to a given municipality (because his reserve also includes a number of cars) without going through a ministry or administration. It is enough the benefactor turns to his aide and prompts an amount to make the project a reality ... and Fidel a miracle worker." According to Sanchez this is not a state secret ... "What it's really a secret, however, is the amount of the money reserve." And one thing is true, Fidel's unit of account is dollar. Forbes magazine was not far from the truth, when in 2006 placed Fidel's fortune (around nine billion) among the top ten in the world. Testimonials of numerous high-ranking Cuban officials deserters revealed that Fidel used to embezzle part of the turnover of enterprises created and controlled at will through his closest followers (Cimex Corporation, Convention Center and Medicuba), and used part of the national wealth for his own purposes. To be continued...