Mysterious Marriage of Ana Hurtado in Cuba and Her Connections to the Military Elite

The Spanish propagandist for the Cuban regime, Ana Hurtado Martínez, recently unveiled her marriage to an enigmatic figure who had been appearing in photos she shared on Facebook since April 2024. "Until death do us part. This Revolution has given me the greatest gift of my life so far. 'A true Cuban, who gives his life for his land. Lives boldly and honestly, ready for combat, clinging to his flag.' Thank you, Cuba," the Spaniard expressed on April 8 in the post announcing her marriage, quoting the song "Me dicen Cuba" by revolutionary trumpeter Alexander Abreu.

However, she remained silent about the identity of her "lucky" husband or the date when they officially tied the knot. Anita shared a photo dressed in white alongside her partner, a gray-haired man also donning a white guayabera, both seated before the notary who officiated their union—a union of a communist holding onto the Catholic traditions of her homeland, pledging until death intervenes.

"Hey! Declassification of historical facts," remarked her close friend, teacher, and comrade in the cause, Marxlenin Valdés, an academic, communicator, and wife of Fidel Antonio Castro Smirnov, grandson of you-know-who. The comment suggests that the wedding happened some time ago, now a "historical fact," corroborated by diplomat and close friend of the bride, Tania Causse, who describes herself on social media as "a communist, vanvanera, industrialist, and fidelista in all my past lives, the current one, and those to come," essentially a Leninist believer in reincarnation.

Living in a sort of "political asylum" in Cuba since October 2022, the Spanish propagandist has found "a true Cuban." Well, not exactly found; as a model indoctrinated individual, the husband was provided by the "revolution."

Evading Spanish justice, which convicted her following lawsuits by Cuban-Spanish activist doctor Lucio Enríquez Nodarse, Hurtado Martínez has found paradise in today's post-communist Cuba, ruled by a puppet claiming to lead a movement called "continuity," controlled by the Castro family and the Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A. (GAESA).

This Cuba, filled with empty hotels and crumbling hospitals, marinas proliferating while public health collapses, delicacies and Swedish tables as the ration book vanishes; this archipelago with white sandy keys inspiring paid propagandists who later sing the victories of the "revolution," its sense of equality and social justice, its universal health and education, and other mysteries revealed with flair by the turquoise waters or inhaling the salt air from a yacht or catamaran.

In this idyllic Cuba, the woman from Úbeda traverses from San Antonio to Maisí, visiting all the houses, hotels, and facilities of the regime's military and oligarchs, knowing the island more than its own people, delving into its spirituality with the help of Díaz-Canel's godmother, battling scoundrels and righting wrongs with her justice-serving pen for Cubadebate. And in this Cuba, she found the ring, like El Lebrijano found it at the bottom of the well.

And who is he, as Perales would ask? According to Cubanos por el Mundo, the fortunate one might be Lieutenant Colonel Senén Casas, son of the late General Senén Casas Regueiro, who was Raúl Castro's right-hand man, first vice minister of the FAR, Chief of the General Staff, and Minister of Transportation until his death in 1996 from a heart attack, six months after the downing of the Brothers to the Rescue planes and the death of four civilian pilots.

Casas Regueiro was known for his "loyalty to the revolutionary cause," meaning the Castro family. A soldier in the Sierra, he descended with the rank of captain and reached the highest positions and honors within the "revolutionary power" hierarchy. It is said that his son grew up close to the minister's family and was a childhood friend of Alejandro Castro Espín, Raúl's son and one of the most powerful figures within the totalitarian regime.

Indeed, rumors circulated in August 2012 pointing to Senén Casas (the son) as the personal aide to Colonel Castro Espín, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. At that time, it was said he was detained in Villa Marista for collaborating with U.S. intelligence services, something evidently dismissed, but which might have been related to the increasingly ambitious maneuvers of El Tuerto (Castro Espín) to consolidate his dictatorial inheritance.

So, if the speculations from Cubanos por el Mundo are true, Anita snagged a remarkable catch in her Caribbean adventure, a major "daddy's boy," an "aristocrat" of the regime, born into a "noble" family, surrounded by privileges, and directly connected to the Castro family. According to the same source, it seems they were legalizing the marriage at the Spanish Consulate in mid-last year.

The "motherland" has reeked of Castroism for years, but signals like these, including the arrival in Madrid of Lis Cuesta Peraza's offspring and Díaz-Canel's advisor, hand-in-hand with the star of La Colmenita (the other Anita, "de Armas"), along with the regime's lawyers and frontmen, are turning Spain into a refuge for corrupt and criminal elements of Chavismo and Castroism, engaged in money laundering, corruption, and the high life.

Integrated into this power matrix, Anita is now an accepted plush toy in circles affiliated with the Castro family, the "cheburashka" of Senencito, the friend of former spy Gerardo Hernández Nordelo and the grandchildren of José Luis Tassende de las Muñecas, another close friend of Raúl.

"Power is only given to those who dare to take it," said Hurtado Martínez at the end of May 2023. And she consciously took it, step by step, knowing the regime needed her in its new battlefield, social media.

From coining her slogan "la gusanera infarta" in 2022 to her springtime coup in 2024, the Spaniard has showcased her tenacity, that will to power that has made her the happy wife of an heir to the island's chieftaincy.

Unfortunately, her intellect doesn't match her notable effort to shine in the dictatorship's "paradise" and its faded society. Had she been endowed with the ability to reflect, Anita would have reviewed her civil status message and seen the contradiction in terms.

"Until death do us part" means "until the end of life." However, "this Revolution has given me the greatest gift of my life so far" means what it means: "so far."

Is Anita expecting better gifts from the "revolution"? Better than eternal love?