It seemed like a straightforward question.
‘For years we’ve heard rumors that Justin Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada, could be your half-brother. What do you think about it?’
Alina Fernandez, the 70-year-old daughter of Fidel Castro, didn’t laugh. She didn’t say no. Instead, after a slightly awkward pause, she gave a remarkably enigmatic answer.
‘The only thing I can tell you is that his mother used to visit the country [Cuba] very often…’
Then she smiled. Does she perhaps know something the rest of us don’t?
