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Vilma Espín, Rebel and Wife of Raúl Castro, Dies at 77

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Vilma Espín, Rebel and Wife of Raúl Castro, Dies at 77

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Vilma Espín, an idealistic socialite who fought alongside Fidel and Raúl Castro in the mountains of Cuba and later, as Raúl Castro’s wife, became a prominent advocate of women’s rights and a powerful member of the Cuban Communist Party, died Monday in Havana.
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Vilma Espín, an idealistic socialite who fought alongside Fidel and Raúl Castro in the mountains of Cuba and later, as Raúl Castro’s wife, became a prominent advocate of women’s rights and a powerful member of the Cuban Communist Party, died Monday in Havana.
For more information, please visit New York Times .

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