Primary Source: Monica Mercedes Pérez Jiménez

Monica Mercedes Pérez Jiménez has a lineage of power. She is the daughter of Marco Jimenez, dictator of Venezuela in the 1950s, and Marita Lorentz, one-time girlfriend of Fidel Castro who later became a CIA spy.

This recording is a conversation between Bill Holiday and Monica at the JFK Lancer Convention in Dallas, Texas in November of 2023.

Monica tells the story of growing up the daughter of a CIA assassin and South American dictator.