https://www.jstor.org/stable/41945881?seq=4
Franco Regime (Spain) Influence on Cuba 1959-1975
Castro went to a Jesuit run preparatory school.
In1951 Spanish technocrats establishedt he Ministry of Commerce and joined with the IMF / World Bank. The core of the regime was composed of Luis Carrero Blanco who would later become president and the technocrats of Opus Dei (Vatican).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_and_Prices_(Cuba)#/media/File:Coat_of_arms_of_Cuba.svg
The 1976 visit to Cuba strained relations with Washington when Pierre Trudeau declared ‘Viva Castro.’ Fidel Castro is at centre; Margaret Trudeau holds baby Michel (Photo by Boris Spremo/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/the-trudeau-familys-love-of-tyrants/