The guy in the photograph was not Rafael Cruz. The guy in the photograph is in his late thirties or early forties and much skinnier than Rafael Cruz.
Rafael was born in 1939 and would have been 20 years old. He would have looked like a kid.
Secondly, Rafael was at UT and he gave speeches against Castro and communism. He saw the destruction that ensued after Castro took power. He was not on Fidel’s side.
He was on Fidel’s side as a student in Austin
The Political Education Of Rafael Cruz
“Long before his son would run for president, or he himself would become a popular political speaker, Rafael Cruz was something else for a brief period: a pro-Castro student activist.”
According to Cruz his father became disenchanted with the Castro regime, but we only have Ted’s word for it. We know he demonstrated as a pro-Castro supporter in Austin. He’s in the picture of the demonstration. He and five others wrote a letter to the editor, demanding that the USA refuse to allow anti-Castro refugees into this country.
Read the letter. He wants revenge.
I believe the CIA knew who he was. He was not keeping quiet about his political beliefs. He was demonstrating for Castro and against American Cuban policy. There just weren’t that many pro-Castro refugees in the US at the time.