Fidel Castro and Cuba Stories
A list of the most recent stories about Cuba and Fidel Castro.
Cuban dissident: Repression forced family to flee
One of several Cuban dissidents recently allowed to visit Europe and the U.S. after Cuba changed its travel laws said Tuesday she decided to seek refuge in Miami after facing continued repression on the island. Rosa Maria Paya said she and her family have been the subject of threats, harassment ...
Defected Cuban dancers adjust to U.S., seek work
They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy's restaurant in a strip mall. Six ballet dancers leap across the floor, hidden from view from the mothers watching their daughters in pink leotards in a front room. "Uno, dos, tres," ballet master Eriberto Jimenez calls out. ...
Today in History June 14
Highlights of this day in history: Nazi Germany's troops enter Paris during World War II; TWA Flight 847 hijacked; Stars and Stripes adopted as official U.S. flag; Leftist guerrilla Che Guevara and real estate mogul Donald Trump born. (June...
Cuban blogger returns home to unknown future
One of Cuba's most famous names is returning from a prolonged global tour on Thursday, but don't expect well-wishers, flowers or marching bands. Most islanders won't even know about it. When Yoani Sanchez touches down on a flight from Madrid on Thursday, she will step into an unknown future that ...
Dissidents find 'Cuba outside Cuba' in Miami
When Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Farinas arrived in Miami, he said he was prepared to face rejection from radical members of the Cuban-American community who do not believe in pacific opposition. The reaction has been far different. When he went to the Versailles restaurant, a traditional gathering spot for older ...
Canada businessman's corruption trial on in Cuba
A Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba apparently went on trial Thursday, nearly two years after he was detained and his import company, Tri-Star Caribbean, was shuttered. Sarkis Yacoubian arrived at an Interior Ministry courthouse in Havana in a black sedan with tinted windows, and was ...
Cuba's Raul Castro Announces Retirement in 2018
Raul Castro announced Sunday that he will step down as Cuba's president in 2018 following a final five-year term, for the first time putting a date on the end of the Castro era. (Feb. 24)
Raw: Rare Fidel Castro Appearance
In a rare public appearance, former leader Fidel Castro attended the opening session of the National Assembly for only the second time since he handed over power to his younger brother Raul in 2006, due to ill health. (Feb. 24)
AP Top Stories
Here's the latest news for Monday, October 22nd: 3rd Debate Monday; Wis. Shooting investigated; Castro says he's not dying; Campaign blimp makes emergency landing.
Castro Tells Website: I'm Not Dying
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared in state-run media that he is in fine health and never even suffers headaches. The 86-year old Castro rejected rumors that he's on his deathbed. New pictures of Castro accompanied the statement. (Oc...
Cuban Missile Crisis: 50 Years Later
On October 22, 1962, US President John F. Kennedy announced that the Soviet Union had begun deploying nuclear missiles to Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis has been called the closest the world has come to nuclear war. (Oct. 22)
Archives to Recount JFK's Cuban Missile Crisis
The National Archives has gathered documents and secret White House recordings for a new exhibit called, "To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis." It shows how President Kennedy and his advisers averted nuclear war. (Oct. 11)
Raw: Chavez Supporters Celebrate Re-election
Thousands of Venezuelans poured into the streets on Sunday to celebrate the re-election of President Hugo Chavez after he defeated challenger Henrique Capriles. (Oct. 8)
Today in History for September 26th
Highlights of this day in history: JFK and Nixon participate in TV's first presidential debate; Cuba ends Mariel boatlift; Composer George Gershwin, poet T.S. Eliot and tennis star Serena Williams born; 'West Side Story' hits Broadway. (Sep...
![At the Hotel Excelsior, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Fidel Castro held a brief news conference, April 30, 1959, in which he said: "Batista [former dictator Fulgencio Batista] will not come back. He is definitely destroyed as a politician." (AP Photo)](http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/lt/lt_cache/resize/90x90/img/photos/2012/10/09/87/93/AP590430091edit.jpg "1959 - Fidel Castro")
Photos: Fidel Castro through the years
Fidel Castro rode a revolution to power in Cuba in the late 1950s. See photos throughout the decades since then.
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