Fidel Castro

Briefs, February 25, 2013

25 Feb 2013

Yemeni leader visits port city amid protests

5:17AM

Dissident who fought with Castro, then against him, dies

28 Oct 2012

Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, who fought against the Batista dictatorship in Cuba, then spent 22 years in prison for fighting Fidel Castro's dictatorship and finally returned to the island for a...

3:27AM

Photo of Fidel Castro appears to disprove rumours of his death

23 Oct 2012

It is still not known for certain whether Fidel Castro is dead, alive or somewhere in between.

4:26AM

Briefs, October 22, 2012

22 Oct 2012

Fidel Castro appears in public after months

5:15AM

Cuba crisis pitted Kennedy against Khrushchev, Castro

9 Oct 2012

The Cuban missile crisis unfolded like a life-and-death poker game pitting a young American president, John F Kennedy, against the veteran Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and Cuba’s fiery...

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Deals signed to help Castro's Cuba

6 Jul 2012

China agreed to support Cuba's health system and economic development yesterday as the two countries signed eight deals designed to boost co-operation.

The signing of the deals was...

7:23PM

Opinion

Workers pay the price for our bargains

5:20AM

Howard Winn

Barry Cheung makes waves in Moscow

3:47AM

Lucia

Speaking of the generation of Cuban filmmakers who emerged during the country's cinematic golden age in the 1960s, Mirta Ibarra recalled a collective committed to their homeland's social well-...

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Who said it?

The more the American people see of Mitt Romney, the less they like him and the less they trust him

The White House takes note of the Republican presidential candidate (pictured)...

12:31PM

Who said it?

I can understand [my falling popularity]. Because the public feels there are inadequacies with the government which can be improved

Chief executive candidate Henry Tang Ying-yen on...

6:50AM

Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes

Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes
by William Kennedy
Brilliance Audio/Simon and Schuster (audiobook)

9:29PM