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Cristina Lage Codorniú, the youngest daughter of former Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage Dávila, is listed as the owner—along with her husband Orlando Alain Rodríguez Leyva—of Group Tentacioones SRL, a group associated with several exclusive gastronomic businesses in Havana, according to a report by journalist Mario J. Pentón published by Martí Noticias.
According to this research, the company would be behind restaurants such as Sensacioones, Woow, and Nao Habana, as well as a food delivery service identified as IFood.
The text indicates that the group would have more than 40 employees and that the company has a website where the owners are not identified, although it presents the establishments as “the realized dream of a family passionate about hospitality and the rich culinary heritage of Cuba.”
In the Instagram posts of the restaurants, the daughter of the former leader is tagged.
Pentón emphasizes that there is no official public information confirming Lage Codorniú's ownership of those businesses, attributing this lack of data to the "opacity" of the system.
The outlet also states that Cubanet was the first to report on the properties owned by the daughter of the former leader.
According to the report, Lage Codorniú —a law graduate and rights management professional, based on her social media posts— also supposedly holds a Cuban passport with a U.S. visa and makes frequent trips to the United States and Europe, always according to sources cited by Martí Noticias.
The publication frames this information within the political downfall of Carlos Lage, who was dismissed in March 2009 by Raúl Castro after being accused of succumbing to the "honeyed temptations of power," and contrasts the rise of luxury private businesses with the economic crisis experienced by the population.
The report details menus and prices in dollars at these establishments and compares them with official figures of the average state salary mentioned in the text, highlighting the gap between the consumption these places offer and the reality of most Cubans.
Martí Noticias reports that Cristina Lage Codorniú did not respond to a request for comments for the article.
It also mentions other family members of Carlos Lage and their trajectories under the system, in a context of debate about privileges, power, and the emergence of a new business elite connected—according to the text's perspective—to historical ties with the regime.
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