| Arturo | Acosta | A Mexican general. |
| Fulgencio | Batista | The current Cuba President. |
| Blas Roca | Calderio | Head of the pre-1959 revolution communist party of Cuba. |
| Jose Miro | Cardona | Former Prime Minister of Cuba. |
| Fidel | Castro | The Cuban communist revolutionary. |
| Raul | Castro | First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. |
| Hugo | Chavez | Former President of Venezuela. |
| Christopher | Colombus | An Italian explorer and navigator. |
| Celia | Cruz | A singer. |
| Daniela | Ferrera | Marisol's sister. |
| Juan | Ferrera | Marisol's grandfather. Elisa's husband. |
| Lucia | Ferrera | Marisol's sister. |
| Marisol | Ferrera | One of the Narrator. Elisa's granddaughter. |
| Miguel | Ferrera | Juan and Elisa's son. |
| Pablo | Garcia | Elisa's lover. Marisol's biological grandfather. |
| Che | Guevarra | A Cuban Revolutionary. Pablo's friend. Aka: Ernesto Guevarra. |
| Gerardo | Machado | General of the Cuban war of Independence. |
| Jose | Marti | A Cuban poet. |
| Jose | Marti | The father of Cuban Independence. |
| Benny | More | A Cuban singer. |
| Alejandro | Perez | Elisa's brother. |
| Beatriz | Perez | Elisa's sister. |
| Elisa | Perez | One of the narrators. Daughter of a Sugar Baron. |
| Emilio | Perez | A wealthy and powerful man in Cuba. The Perez Girl's father. |
| Isabel | Perez | Elisa's eldest sister. |
| Maria | Perez | Elisa's sister. |
| Andres Rivero | Aguero | Batista's candidate for president who wins mysteriously. |
| Ana | Rodriguez | Elisa's best friend. |
| Caridad | Rodriguez | Luis's mother. Ana's daughter-in-law. |
| Cristina | Rodriguez | Luis's wife. |
| Luis | Rodriguez | Ana's grandson. Marisol's lover. |
| Dr. Manuel | U. Lleo | A lawyer that Fidel named as the provisional president. |
| Magda | Villareal | The Perez Girl's nanny. |
| Alberto | | Isabel's fiance. |
| Diana | | Beatriz's longtime housekeeper. |
| El Vaquerito | | Pablo's revolutionary leader. Aka: Roberto Rodriguez Fernandez. |
| Guillermo | | The host of the party. Elisa's acquaintance. |
