First Lady of Cuba
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First Lady of Cuba is de facto title of the wife of the President of the Republic of Cuba. The current first lady of Cuba is Lis Cuesta Peraza, the second wife of President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who is a
Lis Cuesta Peraza
Genoveva Guardiola de Estrada Palma
Sra. América Arias de Gómez
Madame Mariana Seva de Menocal LCCN2017672935
Vilma Espín
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Vilma Lucila Espín Guillois was a Cuban revolutionary, feminist, and chemical engineer. She helped supply and organize the 26th of July Movement as an underground spy, and took an active role in many
First Lady of Cuba
…had divorced before the 1959 Cuban Revolution, which contributed to the decline of the role as well, according to Cuban writer, Wendy Guerra. However, Vilma Espín, Castro's sister-in-law and wife of Raúl Castro, took on the role of "Cuba's low-key first lady" for 45-years, even after Fidel Castro reportedly married…
Espín c. 1958
Raúl Castro, Vilma Espín, Jorge Risquet and José Nivaldo Causse (1958)
Espín and Fidel Castro during the formation of the Federation of Cuban Women, August 1960
Espín's guerrilla uniform