Fidel Castro

While the death of Cuban leader Fidel Castro prompted cheers from the country’s exiles in Miami, the 90-year-old revolutionary leader’s passing produced expressions of respectRead More

Cuban leader Fidel Castro would always laugh off speculation about his health. With an athletic build, and physical stamina that lasted deep into his 70s,Read More

Pots and pans in hand, members of South Florida’s Cuban-American community took to the streets of Miami-Dade County to mark the death of former CubanRead More

(CNN) — Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro was a legendary survivor — besting what Cuban officials say were more than 600 attempts to kill him.Read More

HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro’s revolution was slowly dying — or so it seemed. Communism had collapsed in Europe, and Cuba’s Soviet lifeline was severed.Read More

HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro’s rule of nearly five decades split many a Cuban family between exile and solidarity with the communist revolution — includingRead More

Key events in Cuba under Fidel Castro: Jan. 1, 1959 — Castro’s rebels take power as dictator Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba. June 1960 — CubaRead More

Key information about Cuba: ___ LAND — Largest island in Caribbean, covers 44,344 square miles (110,922 square kilometers), about size of Pennsylvania or Bulgaria. RuggedRead More

NAME: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. TITLES: Former president of Council of State and Council of Ministers, first secretary of Communist Party of Cuba, commander inRead More

HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro, who led his bearded rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S.Read More