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Editor’s note: At about the time Fidel Castro relinquished the Cuban presidency to his brother Raúl in 2008, the late Ted Sorensen—advisor to President John F. Kennedy and the author of some ...
Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule of Cuba, has died at age 90. With ...
Fidel Castro 1926-2016 47 photos. ... "I'll be 90 years old soon," Castro said in his most extensive public appearance in years. "Soon I'll be like all the others.
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 ...
Raul Castro's longtime confidante Jose Ramon Machado Ventura will be No. 2 in the leadership, ... Though Fidel Castro Has Stepped Aside, Cuba's Old Guard Remains In Charge.
— -- 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 ...
Fidel Castro with his wife Dalia Soto del Valle, during a special session of the Cuban Parliament, on August 7, ... Castro wanted the 5-year-old kept from Mirta’s family, ...
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 ...
Time stopped in Cuba when Fidel Castro took over in the late 50's. No wonder those old Buicks have been scowling ever since.
Sure, Fidel Castro kept the Roman Catholic Church in Cuba buried under his cigar ash for decades, ... So it’s not so surprising that the ailing, 85-year-old Fidel, ...