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Alina Fernández, the biological daughter of Fidel Castro and an anti-communist activist exiled in Miami, reignited the conspiracy theory surrounding Justin Trudeau's paternity by responding with an ambiguous statement when asked if the former Canadian Prime Minister could be her half-brother: "The only thing I can say is that his mother used to visit the country very often."
The statement was made during an interview on the program Katie Pavlich Tonight on NewsNation, aired on Wednesday, in which Fernández discussed the humanitarian crisis in Cuba, the federal charges against Raúl Castro, and the Trump administration's policy towards the island.
When the host asked if he planned to call Trudeau to find out the truth, Fernández was blunt: “No. I will not. If he wants to, he is welcome, but I will not. I believe he keeps that to himself, and we must respect that.”
The theory that Fidel Castro is the biological father of Justin Trudeau is a widely discredited conspiracy since 2016. Trudeau was born on December 25, 1971, four years before his parents made their first official visit to Cuba in 1976, which chronologically makes Castro's paternity impossible.
The Canadian government officially denied the story in 2018, when the AP agency reported that neither Cuba nor the Trudeau family supported the version. In February of that year, the theory received new attention after it circulated —without verification— that Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, Castro's eldest son, had left a note referring to Trudeau as his "half-brother" before taking his own life.
In 2024, Donald Trump reiterated the theory in his book Save America and in interviews, claiming that "many people say that Justin is his son," without providing any evidence.
Beyond the controversy surrounding Trudeau, Fernández's interview focused on the situation in Cuba and the pressure from Washington on the regime. Castro's daughter starkly described the reality of the island: "They have no electricity. They have no food. They have nothing. Children aren't going to school. There's nothing to put on the table."
Fernández also addressed the recent federal accusation against Raúl Castro, filed on May 20 by the Department of Justice under the so-called "Don Rowe Doctrine," related to the shooting down of the Brothers to the Rescue aircraft in 1996, which resulted in four deaths. Regarding the real possibilities of the case, she was skeptical: "Everything is speculation. It is an accusation against a person who will soon be 95 years old. Is it feasible? No. But at least it shows a step towards accountability."
The activist expressed confidence in the pressure strategy of the Trump administration and highlighted the Secretary of State: "I trust Marco Rubio for his very specific knowledge on the subject. It's the first time that Cubans have hope that something will change."
Fernández, who fled Cuba in 1993 with a counterfeit passport, also pointed out that Trump is the 14th U.S. president dealing with Cuba without any changes happening on the island, and summarized her diagnosis of the regime with a straightforward phrase: "I am convinced that a dictatorship like this is established with a little help from the outside, and it’s the same when it is about to implode. It needs a little push."
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