The Fall of an Untouchable

The Fall of an Untouchable / 14ymedio
Posted on December 15, 2014

Labiofam relieves José Antonio Fraga Castro, Fidel Castro's nephew, from
his post as president

14ymedio, Havana, 8 December 2014 — The company Labiofam will replace
José Antonio Fraga Castro as president of the group. Last Thursday,
during a meeting with the directors of the business group, included on
the day's agenda was the application of a sanction to the leader, Fidel
and Raul Castro's nephew. The company's workers commented that the
punishment was motivated by his participation in the decisions about the
development and possible commercialization of the perfumes "Ernesto" and
"Hugo," inspired by the figures of Ernesto Guevara and Hugo Chavez,
respectively.

Fraga, to avoid an administrative and labor sanction that would "stain
his record" decided to announce his retirement. On Saturday the news was
communicated to the workers, and in the coming days it's expected that a
new person will be designated to fill his job.

At the end of September, Fraga had to present his apologies to the
families of Hugo Chavez and Ernesto Che Guevara, after the persistent
circulation of rumors about the commercialization of some perfumes with
their names. The president of Labiofam alleged that it was the result of
an "ill-intentioned and distorted focus" in one of the company
presentations at a congress this year.

Labiofam lambasted the American Associated Press agency for having
published an article about the creation of the perfumes, which had not
yet been registered or commercialized under those names. The official
press intervened in the controversy, and repudiated the
commercialization of the perfumes, recalling that, "the symbols of
yesterday, today and forever are sacred."

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