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he first revolution in Cuba was bloody. A fiery rebel named Fidel Castro declared war on Fulgencio Batista, energizing the working class to rise up against Batista’s corrupt kingdom.
Cuba would shed the emperor’s old clothes, only to find another...
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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro predicted that Latin America would be swept by a wave of military coups if Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was not returned to power...
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Ireland was one of the poorest countries in Western Europe, with unemployment as high as 17 percent. But the scrappy nation had one advantage: It always invested in...
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A quintessential theme, which is not necessarily popular by a majority, is the restoration of relations and lifting of the described embargo of Cuba by the United...
made popular Jun 22 2009
A retired State Department worker and his wife have been arrested on charges of spying for Cuba for three decades, using grocery carts among their array of tools to...
made popular Jun 6 2009
AP, Havana
Fidel Castro again bristled at the Obama administration’s steps toward improving relations with Cuba, writing in a May Day message that the U.S. would like to see...
made popular May 1 2009
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Fidel Castro says that President Barack Obama “misinterpreted” his brother Raul’s sentiments toward the United States.
made popular Apr 22 2009
There may not be a more pointless American foreign policy than the Cuban embargo. When Fidel Castro declared himself a community in 1961, President Kennedy crabbed a...
made popular Apr 20 2009
Fidel Castro has called on Latin American countries to support an end to Cuba\’s isolation when they meet the US president at a regional summit.
Cuba is not...
made popular Apr 6 2009
AP, Warsaw
Cuban leader Fidel Castro impressed Pope John Paul II by reading up on his teaching and poetry ahead of their 1996 meeting at the Vatican, according to a new book on...
made popular Apr 1 2009
Costa Rican President, Oscar Arias, re-established relations with Cuba in the spirit of progress. He felt that the official coldness that had characterized diplomatic...
made popular Mar 31 2009
Chile has been an exemplary model of democracy, social and political stability and economic growth in a region otherwise known for debt faults [Argentina], excessive...
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Two of Cuba’s most prominent officials have resigned from all Communist Party and government posts after they were removed from the Cabinet and criticized by...
made popular Mar 5 2009
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Fidel Castro said Tuesday that two ousted senior officials were seduced by “the honey of power,” and he dropped hints that they may have dreamed of leading...
made popular Mar 3 2009
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Fidel Castro says he was consulted on the sweeping leadership changes by his brother Raul’s government and he says two of the ousted officials had been seduced by...
made popular Mar 3 2009
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President Raul Castro abruptly removed some of Cuba’s most powerful officials Monday, putting a personal stamp on the government in the biggest shakeup since he...
made popular Mar 2 2009
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says the 82-year-old Fidel Castro seemed “very, very good” when they met in Cuba last week.
made popular Feb 27 2009
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has met twice with the ailing 82-year-old Fidel Castro during a surprise 24-hour visit to Cuba.
made popular Feb 22 2009
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Chile’s government has released photographs of a smiling Fidel Castro standing alongside visiting Chilean President Michelle Bachelet.
made popular Feb 13 2009
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The Chilean president says she met with Fidel Castro for 90 minutes, and the ailing Cuban leader appeared “in very good shape.”
made popular Feb 12 2009
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President Barack Obama intends to print “enormous sums of money” to keep American society from grinding to a halt, Fidel Castro said in his second critical...
made popular Feb 5 2009
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Ramon Barquin, a Cuban officer who staged a coup attempt against U.S.-friendly dictator Fulgencio Batista before Fidel Castro, has died, a longtime friend confirmed...
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Legend says that he had survived 638 US sponsored assassination attempts. Exploding cigars, poisoned food and infected diving suit could not put a break to his 49-years...
made popular Feb 20 2008
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