Alimport is the Castro regime's official counter-party for every single agricultural sales transaction from the U.S. to Cuba.
As president of Alimport, Alvarez was considered Castro's business "guru" behind agricultural purchases from the U.S., and has wined and dined dozens of U.S. Governors, Members of Congress and hundreds of American business executives.
As U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) gleefully stated during a March 2010 hearing of the House Agriculture Committee:
"I, too, have been down there, Mr. Presidents (of the American Farm Bureau and National Farmers Union), both of you. I appreciate that but assume that you know who Mr. Alvarez is. I spent a lot of time with him. I spent quite a bit of time with Mr. Castro. Sometimes we would be entertained. I can tell you about that a little bit."
In November, Alvarez was detained and questioned in a "corruption" probe by the Castro regime.
In other words, he either stopped producing for the Castro brothers, or dipped his hand into their (absolute and whimsical) cut.
Now, it appears Alvarez is in the U.S., where he can surely be a source of valuable information regarding the Castro regime's shady business practices -- not to mention about the "entertainment" Congressman Boswell is talking about.
Here's Alvarez sharing a "moment" with Idaho Governor Butch Otter and former U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho):
