Cuban President Castro’s Daughter Gets Visa to Visit U.S.

The U.S. has granted a visa to Cuban President Raul Castro’s daughter to speak at a conference next week in San Francisco, sparking angry protests from Cuban-American lawmakers who said the action contradicts U.S. policy toward the communist island.

Mariela Castro Espin, 50, who heads Cuba’s government-funded National Center for Sex Education, was granted permission to attend next week’s meeting of the Latin American Studies Association in California, said a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a confidential visa matter.