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Fidel Castro and Cuba Stories
A list of the most recent stories about Cuba and Fidel Castro.
APNewsBreak: US Judge allows spy to stay in Cuba
One of the convicted spies known as the "Cuban Five" will be able to permanently remain in Cuba in exchange for renouncing his U.S. citizenship, a federal judge ruled Friday after U.S. officials dropped their initial opposition. Rene Gonzalez, 56, has been in Cuba since April 22 to attend memorial ...
World's oldest ex-big leaguer turns 102 in Cuba
There weren't nearly enough birthday candles on hand to do justice to Conrado Marrero, the world's oldest living former Major League Baseball player. So the Cuban hurler had to make do with just one atop the cake Thursday as he celebrated his 102nd birthday at his modest Havana apartment, surrounded ...
Venezuela wrestles over truth of bombing claims
Hours after barely winning Venezuela's presidential election, the ruling party started to flood state media with accusations that opposition provocateurs were firebombing Cuban-run neighborhood health clinics across the country in revenge. More than a week later, a national dispute is raging as the opposition wages a remarkably successful media counteroffensive ...
Cuban dissidents pick up EU prize, 8 years later
Eight years after winning Europe's top human rights prize, members of a Cuban opposition group on Tuesday finally picked it up after securing permission to travel abroad. Cuba's Ladies in White won the European Union's Sakharov Prize in 2005 for their fight for democracy and human rights, but they weren't ...
Under the radar, Cuba and US often work together
Cuba and the United States may be longtime enemies with a bucket overflowing with grievances, but the fast return of a Florida couple who fled U.S. authorities with their two kidnapped children in tow shows the Cold War enemies are capable of remarkable cooperation on many issues. Indeed, diplomats and ...
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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