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Natalia Revuelta Clews as a young
beauty (above) and in 1998 (below)
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Natalia Revuelta Clews died last week at the age of 88. Who,
you may ask? “Naty” Revuelta was a beautiful (and married) Cuban socialite who
became enamored of a imprisoned revolutionary, the also-married illegitimate
son of a Cuban landowner: Fidel Castro. Naty wrote to him while he was in
prison after the failed attempt on the Moncada barracks. He wrote back and a
passionate exchange of love letters ensued. She sent him books, gave money to
his compatriots, and allowed them to hold meetings in her home. When Castro was released
from prison, he very briefly met her, consummated the relationship and then
went off, leaving her pregnant with their daughter who was born in 1956. She
expected him to come
