Most poignantly, in Bolivia, Che Guevara Castro's chief instrument of world revolution, met his death in 1967. As the Cold War settled into détente in the early 1970s, Fidel Castro, following the ...

The Castros and their compadres fought their revolution in the 1950s and triumphed ... In an interesting touch, Fidel Castro banned Christmas, from 1969 to 1998. Absolute dictators can do that.

Fidel Castro estimated that fewer than 450 would ... In 18 months, the people may be very tired of us.” Castro led a revolution against personal government and for restoring a rule of law ...

On the eve of Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, Cuba was neither the paradise that would later be conjured by the nostalgic imaginations of Cuba's many exiles, nor the hellhole painted by many ...

Mirta Díaz-Balart, a member of prominent Cuban family who was married to Fidel Castro during his rise as a guerrilla leader, ...

Fidel Castro was every word in the book ... Alberto Korda was a successful studio photographer focused on fashion when the revolution in Cuba found him. He would quickly begin work as a ...

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Social media is spreading an unusual theory about late Cuban leader Fidel Castro ... the skills needed for revolution, the New York Times reported. Photos of Castro playing the game provide ...

In 1956, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara gathered a force of guerrilla fighters and started a revolutionary war against government forces. By 1958, the revolution had spread throughout Cuba ...

The museum chronicles the life and times before the revolution as well as the leaders and events that led to Fidel Castro’s successful uprising. Artifacts displayed help visitors understand what ...