Raul Castro’s six-fingered, jet-setting
grandson emerges from shadows in US-Cuba talks
Posted By: FlyRight, 5/30/2026 8:37:03 AM
His grandfather ruled Cuba with an iron fist, but now top US officials have identified the shadowy Castro relative known as “The Crab” — for his six-fingered hand — as their go-to guy in critical negotiations. Raúl Guillermo Rodriguez Castro is the influential eldest grandson of ex-dictator and 94-year-old Raul Castro, who was indicted for murder in Miami on May 23 in connection with the 1996 shoot-down of two planes operated by Brothers to the Rescue.The younger Castro oversees his grandfather’s security, which grants him sway in a government where experts say Raul Castro still has considerable authority despite stepping back as president in 2018 and relinquishing official duties in 2021.
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