Comments for International Institute for the Study of Cuba http://cubastudies.org Providing an in-depth and focused appraisal of the Cuban “Social Experience” Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:54:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Searching for Celia: BBC radio focuses on Fidel’s confidant by Luis Avellana http://cubastudies.org/searching-for-celia-bbc-radio-focuses-on-fidels-confident/#comment-48 Luis Avellana Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:54:44 +0000 http://cubastudies.org/?p=399#comment-48 Was there anything mentioned about Celia being Fidel's brujera?. She was a practitioner of Santeria and so was his early doctor Rene Vallejo. Early in the revolution Comandante Pineira, barba roja, tried to separate Vallejo fron the position of Fidel personal physician because of "oscure practices". Celia vehemently objected and prevailed. She had help from above. Was there anything mentioned about Celia being Fidel’s brujera?. She was a practitioner of Santeria and so was his early doctor Rene Vallejo. Early in the revolution Comandante Pineira, barba roja, tried to separate Vallejo fron the position of Fidel personal physician because of “oscure practices”. Celia vehemently objected and prevailed. She had help from above.

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