Molina had made any request to visit family in Argentina. In 2004, after Molina was again denied a visa by the Cuban government. This letter from Molina was forwarded to the
United Nations Human Rights Commission and other international human rights groups. In the letter Molina stated: "The Cuban government impeded me from temporarily visiting Argentina for a reunion, after 11 years of forcible separation, with my son, who is a naturalized Argentine, and with his wife who is an Argentine citizen". She also listed numerous examples where she believed her rights had been violated by the Cuban authorities going on to state that "the arbitrary state organs that delay or deny, provoking the tearing apart of thousands of innocent families, that submerges them in paralyzing fear, so they are incapacitated to reclaim the respect for their rights most elemental." In July 2006, a week before
Fidel Castro's illness led to the
Cuban transfer of presidential duties to brother
Raúl Castro, the
Cuban President was questioned by international leaders and journalists on the issue whilst attending a conference in Argentina.
Argentine President Néstor Kirchner took the opportunity to press the Cuban leader to allow Molina, a one-time Castro ally, to leave Cuba to be with her children and grandchildren already in Argentina. At an improvised press conference,
Miami's Channel 41 reporter
Juan Manuel Cao asked Castro about Molina, a reportedly infuriated Castro asked the reporter, "Who is paying you?" and later accused him of being "a mercenary" for
President Bush. In June 2009, it was reported that the Cuban government reversed its position and would allow Molina to visit Argentina. Molina's story was inspirational to
Marcos Aguinis' best selling novel
La Pasion Segun Carmela. == Political work ==