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The FAR's major enterprises and their administrators:
Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) Section V (Seccion V del MINFAR)
unit in charge of the Armed Forces’ economic activity.
headed by Major Luis Alberto Rodriguez Lopez Callejas.
Defense Ministry (MINFAR)
Business Administration Group (Grupo Administración Empresarial, GAESA)
one of the regime’s economic networks
Raúl Castro's second in command and confidant, Division General Julio Casas Regueiro, chairs the board of GAESA.
Major Luis Alberto Rodriguez Lopez Callejas is chief executive officer and is married to Raúl Castro’s oldest daughter, Deborah Castro Espin.
Offices located on the fourth floor of the Armed Forces Ministry, on Boyero Street in Havana.
Companies in GAESA's holding:
Gaviota - operates more than thirty hotels throughout the island, and has another eleven under construction. Brigadier General Luis Enrique Pérez Rospide is Gaviota’s director.
Edificio La Marina, Ave del Puerto Nro 102 e/ Justiz y Obrapía, Habana Vieja, Ciudad de La Habana
CIUDAD DE LA HABANA
HABANA VIEJA
Tel.: 66-6777
Fax: 332780
E-mail: alegal@nwgaviot.gav.cma.net
Tecnotex, S.A. - imports and exports every product needed by the other companies in the holding. Special characteristics makes it the ideal front for introducing state-of-the-art, dual-purpose (civilian and military application) technology into Cuba of the kind barred by the U.S. embargo. Under the direction of Lieutenant Colonel René Rojas Rodríguez.
Calle San Pedro y Obrapía, Edificio La Marina, Habana Vieja, Ciudad de La Habana
CIUDAD DE LA HABANA
HABANA VIEJA
Tel.: 613536/615526
Fax: 666270
Aerogaviota, S.A. - tourism-linked company operates its own airplane and helicopter fleet from its headquarters at Baracoa Military Air Base some 10 miles from Havana. Although it is incorporated as a private company, it is staffed completely by military personnel; even the presidential fleet is housed in its facilities. Aerogaviota has Russian MI-8 helicopters, AAAN-26 airplanes, and a Soviet-made JAK-40 triple reactor. Under the direction of Colonel José Manuel Borges Vivó.
Avenida 47 No. 2814 e/ 28 y 34, Rpto. Kohly. Ciudad de La Habana
CIUDAD DE LA HABANA
PLAYA
Tel.: 23-0668 / 23-0686 / 24-5603
Fax: 242621
E-mail: vpcom@aerogaviota.avianet.cu
Almest, S.A. - builds hotel facilities for the exclusive use of foreigners.
Ave. del Puerto No. 201 esq. a Obrapía, Edificio La Marina, La Habana Vieja
Tel.: (53 7) 33-4209
Fax: (53 7) 33-3940
Almacenes Universal, S.A. - controls domestic and foreign trade and operates several free-enterprise zones in Wajay, Mariel, Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba. Miguel Angel Hernández Armas is AU's president.
Edificio La Marina, Ave del Puerto esquina a Obrapía, Habana Vieja. Ciudad de La Habana
CIUDAD DE LA HABANA
HABANA VIEJA
Tel.: 33-01-56/ 66-66-63 y 64
Fax: 669734
E-mail: elina@ausa.gae.com.cu
Antex, S.A. - provides engineering and technical assistance services and is also an important GAESA company that serves as conduit for introducing spies trained by Military Counterintelligence (CIM) into other countries. It has offices in over ten countries, including Panama, Angola, South Africa and Namibia. Antex has no operations in Spain. Military Intelligence Department (DIM) is under the direction of Division General Jesus Bermudez Cutiño.
Edif. La Marina, Ave. del Puerto esq. a Obrapía, Habana Vieja
Tel.: (53 7) 33-7983 al 86 ·33-9897
Fax: (53 7) 33-1652
Sermar, S.A. - is the Cuban Crown Corporation that controls exploration of all Cuban waters and operates shipyards for all naval repairs. The company was launched with a fleet of navy vessels and now it even has its own diving team. Sermar is involved in a very lucrative business: the search for sunken treasures in an ocean rich with capsized Spanish ships. Under the direction of Captain Luis Beltrán Fraga Artiles.
Calle 5ta. Ave. No. 25616 e/ 256 y 258, Santa Fé, Playa. Ciudad de la Habana
CIUDAD DE LA HABANA
PLAYA
Tel.: 24-6446 / 24-5373 / 24-6342
Fax: 241251Geomar S.A. is a subsidiary of Sermar S.A.
Calle 5ta. No. 25616 e/ 256 y 258, Santa Fe, Playa
Tel.: (53 7) 204-3567
Fax: (53 7) 204-3568
Morro-Cabaña Historical and Military Complex (Complejo Histórico-Militar
Morro Cabaña) - serves as an umbrella for all historic museums and monuments that address Cuban military history. Under the direction of Colonel Herman Washington.
Sasa, S.A. - cornered with the automobile sector and runs repair shops that specialize in both light and heavy equipment; also controls an important gas station network throughout the country. Under the direction of Antonio Luis Choong Estupiñán.
Ave. del Puerto, No. 102 e/ Justiz y Obrapía. Habana Vieja.
CIUDAD DE LA HABANA
HABANA VIEJA
Tel.: 666643/612584
Fax: 666644
E-mail: sasa@gae.com.cu
Division Financiera (Financial Division) - whose goal is to recycle and reinvest income generated by the GAESA network. One such operation under Division Financiera is TRD Caribe – Currency Recovery Stores - run by Alexis Mejías Zamarión. The chain has over 400 stores throughout the island and generates more than one hundred million dollars annually. Its products can be purchased only with American currency. The company maintains high business volume with China and Hong Kong.
TRD Caribe:
Ave. del Puerto y Obrapía, Edificio La Marina, Habana Vieja, Ciudad de La Habana
CIUDAD DE LA HABANA
HABANA VIEJA
Tel.: 66-6640 / 66-9212
Fax: 666641
E-mail: leida@trd.gae.com.cu
Geocuba - is in the cartography business. Run by Coronel Ing. Eladio Fernández Cívico from the Armed Forces Ministry. Geocuba makes sure that no strategic or military sites appear on any maps.
Calle 6 No. 301 esq. a 3ra., Miramar, Ciudad de La Habana
CIUDAD DE LA HABANA
PLAYA
Tel.: 23-8316 / 29-5995
Fax: 242869
E-mail: geocit@ceniai.inf.cu
Empresa de Servicios La Marina (La Marina Service Company) - run by a Military Counterintelligence major, takes care of security and maintenance for all of GAESA’s support personnel.
Military Counterintelligence Department VI is also part of the holding. Until recently Colonel Peralta headed Department VI; but the one who really runs this outfit is Luis Alberto Rodriguez, Raul Castro’s son-in-law. Located on the fourth floor of the Armed Forces Ministry, Department VI monitors and controls all GAESA operations, including policing, spying, taping and recording all GAESA personnel activities.
Ministry of Sugary Industry (Division General Ulises Rosales del Toro)
Ministry of Fisheries and Merchant Marine (Colonel Orlando Rodriguez Romay)
the importance of fishery lies in the fact that it serves as a source of food both for the general population and for export. It follows a management program that controls the exploitation of natural resources and the increase in the production of water cultures. The Cuban Fishing Industry consists of 21 associations based in several places along the Cuban archipelago.
Ministry of Transport and Ports (Colonel Alvaro Pérez Morales)
Cuban Civil Aviation Corporation, S. A. (Division General Rogelio Acevedo)
National Institute of State Reserves (Brigadier General Moises Sio Wong)
Plan Turquino-Manati
Banca Metropolitana
Habanos, S.A. (Colonel Oscar Basulto)
Gaviota, S.A. (Brigadier General Luis Perez Rospide)
Grupo de Electronica de Cuba (Ramiro Valdez Menendez)
established in 1978 with 80 businesses and subsidiaries throughout Cuba. CIMEX is involved in Cuba's economic sectors, e.g. import/export, free trade zones, tourism, transportation, digital communications equipment, car rentals and audio-visual publicity.
TECNOTEC
Grupo Empresarial GeoCuba
Union de la Industria Militar
Ministry of Information Technology (IT) and Communications (Ignacio Gonzalez Planas)
Citrus
Export Processing Zones - Free Trade Zones
Comision Gubernamental para el Perfeccionamiento Empresarial (Colonel Armando Pérez Betancourt)
Ideological Department of the Central Committee (Colonel Rolando Alfonso Borges)
Source: Cámara de Comercio de la República de Cuba; Directorio Turístico de Cuba; G. Fernandez y M. A. Menendez, "El poder economico de los hermanos Castro," Diario 16, Junio 24, 2001; OTC Journal, November 10, 2000; Domingo Amuchastegui, "FAR: Mastering Reforms," Paper presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) at the Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Fl. August 5, 2000.
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