Cuban intelligence services are preparing to evacuate the family members of Fidel Castro abroad

Cuban intelligence services for a long time prepare an operation to leave the family of Fidel Castro in the case of an "emergency" in Cuba. This was reported on Sunday by the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio with reference to the statements of the former Cuban intelligence agent Otto, whose real name Dolphin Fernandez.

The former Cuban intelligence agent said that he personally took part in the preparation of conditions for the urgent departure of family members of Castro abroad, ITAR-TASS reports.

The secret operation on the urgent departure from the country of the family of Fidel Castro and his brother Raul in case of changing the political situation has been prepared for 6 years, Otto assured. According to him, relatives of the Cuban leader have been living in Chile for a long time. Last week, the eldest son of Fidel - Dias Balart Castro, who came to the South American country with a short visit, said Fernandez.

"We have suspicions that the arrival of the eldest son of Fidel - Fidel Castro Dias Balart - in Chile was associated with a verification of the readiness of the special operation," Fernandez said. Fernandez said that the relatives of the Cuban leader also consider Argentina and Spain as a possible shelter. In a European country, they own a large number of real estate objects, and a number of family members have Spanish citizenship there, the former agent assures.

"The Castro family has always considered Chile as one of the main options for their refuge in the event of a sharp change in the political situation in Cuba. True, during the reign of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), adjustments were made, and accommodation in Argentina was also not excluded," the newspaper writes.

At the end of July last year, 80-year-old Fidel Castro underwent an urgent surgical operation due to bleeding in the intestine. For the first time in 47 years of the permanent management of the country before his complete recovery, he transferred to his 75-year-old brother Raul Castro authority of the first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party of the Communist Party, chairman of the State Council and the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, RIA Novosti reports.

The Spanish doctor, who examined Castro in Havana, said on January 19 that the Cuban leader was gradually recovering, but his condition remains serious due to advanced age.