Meet Alejandro Castro Espin, Cuba's man of the hour

Alejandro Castro Espin, son of Cuban President Raul Castro, presents his book Imperio del Terror (Terror's Empire), on Feb 21, 2009, in Havana. Photo: AFP/Adalberto Roque

‘He is open to ideas’

Castro Espin lost all or part of the vision in one eye in a training exercise in Angola, where Cuba sent forces from 1975 to 1991 to defend a Marxist government against South African and US-backed insurgents.