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— -- Fidel Castro, whose rise as a revolutionary made him the face of socialist rebellion for more than half a century, died Friday at age 90. His brother, Cuban president Raul Castro, made ...
Longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the bearded, cigar-smoking Communist revolutionary who infuriated the United States, inspired both loyalty and loathing from his countrymen and maintained an ...
Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died ...
— -- With the death of Fidel Castro, the father of the Cuban revolution, many questions hang over the future of Cuba.President Raul Castro, Fidel's 85-year-old brother, has been leading the ...
Raúl Castro, who succeeded his older brother as president of Cuba in 2008, announced Fidel's death "with profound pain" on Cuban television early Saturday. "Ever onward to victory," he said of ...
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During his nearly five decades of rule in Cuba, Fidel Castro built a repressive system that punished virtually all forms of dissent, a dark legacy that lives on even after his death. As other ...
As Fidel Castro aged and fell into poor health, the next three presidents kept tabs on Cuba but had little direct involvement, other than to remind Castro what they thought of his government.
MIAMI — Fidel Castro didn't meet with President Obama during his visit to the island last week, but the retired Cuban leader responded Monday with a long, testy letter that concluded: "We don't ...
Fidel Castro, the bearded Cuban strongman who made the tiny nation into a thorn in the side of U.S. presidents for more than 50 years, has died. He was 90. With a shaking voice, his younger ...
As Fidel Castro's Communist leanings became clear in 1961, President John F. Kennedy approved an attack of Cuba meant to overthrow Castro in the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion.
Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died ...