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Fidel Castro

The latest stories on Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary, politician and former President of Cuba, including Cuba news and updates.

Born

13 Aug 1926

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Politics

Job Title

Politician

last updated:

4 December, 2024

Cuban children play on a road after Hurricane Rafael last week. Photo: AP

Americas and the Caribbean

After hurricanes, 2 earthquakes jolt crisis-hit Cuba

Back-to-back earthquakes follow two hurricanes and two major blackouts in the last three weeks.

11 Nov 2024 - 3:05PM

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8 Jul 2024 - 8:49AM

US-China relations

Reports of Chinese spy base in Cuba met with shrugs in Latin America

1 Jul 2023 - 1:46AM

Bolivian general who captured communist Che Guevara dies 84

Gary Prado Salmon was in charge of a patrol in southwestern Bolivia on October 8, 1967, that captured the Argentine revolutionary and Bolivia’s Congress declared him a national hero.

8 May 2023 - 12:58AM

Bolivian former General Gary Prado Salmon in 2007. Salmon, who captured Argentine guerrilla Ernesto Che Guevara in 1967, died on Sunday at the age of 84. Photo: AFP

Americas and the Caribbean

Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanes dies at 79

The ‘Yolanda’ singer toured the world as a cultural ambassador for Fidel Castro’s revolution and helped found Cuba’s ‘nueva trova’ movement.

22 Nov 2022 - 2:39PMvideocam

Mexico’s president: ‘No country should be excluded from Americas Summit’

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in his remarks in Cuba’s capital Havana, also said he would keep pushing for the US to lift its decades-old embargo against Cuba.

9 May 2022 - 3:19AMvideocam

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Joe Biden hits Cuba with more sanctions over its crackdown on protesters

The sanctions target government ministers who are deemed responsible for the repression of protesters demanding more freedom, food and health care.

23 Jul 2021 - 8:16PM

A demonstrator in solidarity with protests in Cuba outside the White House on July 18. Photo: Getty Images / TNS

US-Cuba relations

Raul Castro attends mass government rally in Havana, Cuba after protests

Thousands attended the rally in Havana on Saturday to denounce the US trade embargo and reaffirm their support for Cuba’s revolution.

18 Jul 2021 - 7:18PMvideocam

End of the Castro era as Cuba welcomes first civilian leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel

Diaz-Canel said the outgoing leader, 89-year-old Raul Castro, would still be consulted on ‘strategic decisions’.

20 Apr 2021 - 7:45AMvideocam

US-Cuba relations

Raul Castro steps down, ending long era in Cuba

The 89-year-old leader confirmed he was resigning as head of the country’s Communist Party, but did not say who he would endorse as his successor.

17 Apr 2021 - 5:53AMvideocam

First Secretary Raul Castro speaks during the opening session of the eighth congress of the Cuban Communist Party in Havana on Friday. Photo: Cuban News Agency (ACN) via AFP

Cuba talks on freedom of expression break down after rare protest

The communist government called off the talks with a group of artists and intellectuals, accusing them of receiving support from the US.

5 Dec 2020 - 4:43PMvideocam

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, attends a concert in Havana organized by youth organizations to condemn the media campaign in support of the San Isidro movement, on November 29. Photo: EPA-EFE

US imposes sanctions on Cuban defence minister

Washington blacklisted Leopoldo Cintra Frias and his children, Deborah Cintra Gonzalez and Leopoldo Cintra Gonzalez.

3 Jan 2020 - 7:28AM

Cuba appoints its first PM in 40 years, a position last held by Castro

The new prime minister Manuel Marrero has been tourism minister for 16 years, presiding over a rise in visitors and a hotel construction boom.

22 Dec 2019 - 9:15PM

Havana at 500: Cubans reflect on life in the capital city

Ordinary residents talk about the good and bad sides to life in a city that’s a byword for romance yet has struggled under a US embargo for decades.

16 Nov 2019 - 6:00PM

Since its founding by Spanish colonists, Havana has become a byword for Latin American romance and revolutionary nostalgia. Photo: Alamy

Cuba slams US at United Nations for banning Castro family

Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez tells the UN General Assembly that the action is ‘aimed at offending Cuba’s dignity’.

29 Sep 2019 - 2:23AM

Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Eduardo Rodriguez Parrilla speaks at the 74th United Nations General Assembly. Photo: AFP

Chinese overseas

Residents dream of return to glory for Havana’s ‘Chinatown without Chinese’

With city celebrating its 500th anniversary, Cuban authorities have committed to restoring many areas, including Chinatown.

14 May 2019 - 9:01AM

Americas and the Caribbean

Castro era ends in Cuba as Miguel Diaz-Canel takes leadership

New leader is a Communist Party loyalist, and the transition is not expected to herald sweeping changes to the island’s state-run economy and one-party system

20 Apr 2018 - 5:44AM

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Americas and the Caribbean

For first time since 1959, Cuba set to have a leader not named Castro

The country proposed Miguel Diaz-Canel as sole candidate to replace Castro as president; the proposal is subject to a vote later in the day and the result will be formally announced on Thursday

19 Apr 2018 - 1:26AM

Miguel Diaz-Canel queues at a polling station in Santa Clara, Cuba, during an election to ratify a new National Assembly on March 11. Photo: AFP

Fidel Castro’s eldest son ‘Fidelito’ commits suicide

2 Feb 2018 - 10:44PM

Fidel Castro laid to rest in Cuba, ending nine days of mourning

4 Dec 2016 - 10:52PM

Killing Castro: CIA plotted poisoned cigars and exploding seashells

4 Dec 2016 - 8:23PMvideocam

The CIA treated a box of cigars with a chemical that produced temporary disorientation, hoping Castro would light up a stogie before a speech and make a fool of himself. Photo: AP

Ashes of Castro make final trip across Cuba

1 Dec 2016 - 8:56PM

People place flowers next to a portrait of Fidel Castro outside the Cuban embassy in Guatemala City. Photo: AFP

Music, rum ban for Cuba tourists after Castro’s death

30 Nov 2016 - 9:40PM

Thousands of Cubans turn out to mourn Fidel Castro

30 Nov 2016 - 8:40AM

How Fidel Castro reshaped life in Cuba

29 Nov 2016 - 5:04PM

Fidel Castro, the late former Cuban president. Photo: AP

‘He gave me everything’: Cubans begin tearful farewell to Fidel Castro

29 Nov 2016 - 10:15PMvideocam

Students of Havana University pay tribute to Fidel Castro. Photo: Reuters

Canadian PM Trudeau to skip funeral of Fidel Castro after firestorm over his remarks praising Cuban leader

29 Nov 2016 - 7:56AMvideocam

My Take | Fidel Castro’s death a reminder of American brutality

29 Nov 2016 - 1:13AM

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