Fidel Castro’s tour of northeast U. S.

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Title
Fidel Castro’s tour of northeast U. S.
Creator
From the Collection: St. George, Andrew, 1924-2001
Published / Created
1959 April
Description
These photographs were taken during Fidel Castro’s two-week tour of the northeast United States on invitation of the National Press Club. One photograph shows him sitting in a New York City hotel surrounded by 5 women. The notation by St. George on the back reads: “This unusual photo shows Fidel Castro with five women who played a significant romantic role in his life. From left to right: Conchita Fernández (no hat) in whose house he lived and who was his lady friend in Habana while Castro was finishing law school and beginning his political career; Tete Casuso (bangs, off-the-shoulder dress) in whose house he lived in romantic union during his year of exile in Mexico City in 1956; Isabela Montero, a fashionable Havana divorcee who was frequently seen with Castro in 1960; Celia Sánchez, with whom he lived and who served as his principal courier during the two years of jungle guerrilla warfare (1957-1958); and Nora Serrano, a Havana journalist, who often stayed overnight with Castro in the Habana Hilton in 1961-62 (wide-brimmed white hat).” The photograph of Castro responding to reporters questions with his translator Tete Casuso at his side includes this caption: “Seated next to Castro (right) is Tete Casuso, who was his paramour and in whose house Castro lived during his year of exile in Mexico. After rebel victory in Habana, Mme. Casuso was rewarded with post of Castro’s personal Pressechef and she traveled everywhere with Fidel. But fierce jealousies and deadly intrigues among ladies of what Mme. Casuso used to call ‘Fidel’s harem’ – Celia Sanchez, Conchita Fernandez, other, younger women – drove Mme. Casuso into exile in the mid-Sixties. She now lives in France.” Additional photographs show Fidel after placing a floral wreath at the foot of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC; giving a speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors at the Statler Hilton in New York with Tete Casuso gazing at Castro; making a televised appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on April 19, 1959, with the show’s moderator Ned Brooks and interpreter Anthony Hervas (an identical photograph is in Box 8, folder 7); and giving an interview to an unidentified reporter.
Provenance
Purchased from Jean Szentgyorgyi by the Latin American Curator, June 2009; transferred from the Latin American Curator to Manuscripts and Archives, 2012.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
English

Item Location

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives
Call Number
MS 1912
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Container / Volume
Box 46, folder 2

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Citation
Andrew St. George Papers (MS 1912). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
9060277
Object ID (OID)
10020862

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