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Ohio Kidnap Suspect is Father of Captive Girl
The Ohio attorney general says tests have confirmed that alleged kidnapper Ariel Castro is the father of a 6-year-old girl rescued from his house with three...
Raul Castro’s 2018 Retirement Looms for Cuba, Miami
(HAVANA) — It's been more than 54 years since someone not named "Castro" led Cuba, and it will likely be five more. But now islanders and exiles alike have...
Requiem for a Cuban Dissident: Why Oswaldo Payá Spooked Castro
Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá’s Havana home was as modest as most of the communist island’s houses. But politically it was an oasis, a refuge from the polarized...
Ozzie Guillen Suspended By Marlins Following Castro Comments
The Miami Marlins suspended their new manager, Ozzie Guillen, for five games following remarks he made about Fidel Castro that have angered members of Miami’s...
Did Fidel Castro Know About JFK’s Assassination Beforehand?
The assassination of former president John F. Kennedy is a national tragedy mired in myth, captivating Americans even decades after the case was closed. But as...
Fidel in Fatigues: Castro Returns to the Podium
Correction Appended: August 8, 2010 There's nothing like the sight of Fidel Castro in uniform to raise the flagging spirits of any Cuban communist. So when...
U.S.-Cuba Relations
The U.S. and Cuba sure know how to hold a grudge. When Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, relations between the two countries quickly devolved into bitter...
After 50 Years of Castro's Cuba, Will the Cold War End?
It's good that the Cuban Revolution's 50th anniversary falls on Jan. 1. That's the day for New Year's resolutions, and it's time for Washington and Havana to...
Raul Castro's First Guest: The Vatican
Back in October, Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone penciled in his calendar what promised to be an important six-day trip to Cuba. That...
Castro Family Values: Fidel vs. Raul
In April of 1959, just a few months after they'd taken control of Cuba, Fidel Castro and his younger brother Raul met at a Houston hotel for a showdown. Fidel...
Will Castro's Exit Change Cuba?
"My desire was always to fulfill my responsibility until my last breath." With that, Fidel Castro suggested that he had wanted to hang on to power until the...
Castro Reported to Have Cancer
Ever since President Fidel Castro was sidelined for what was said to be abdominal surgery last July, Cuban officials have maintained that the country's leader...
Cuba After Castro: Can Exiles Reclaim Their Stake?
Alberto Beguiristain was once ready to risk his life to regain what he lost in Cuba. In 1960, a year after Fidel Castro took power, the revolution confiscated...
Who's Bugging Castro in Cuba?
Oswaldo Paya is something Cuban President Fidel Castro has rarely, if ever, faced: a dissident as hardheaded as he is. When Castro took power in 1959, Paya was...
A Cold Cuban Spring
When Cuban president Fidel Castro took power, in 1959, Oswaldo Paya was in primary school — the only kid in the entire school who refused to become a Communist...
What Set Off Castro?
After sentencing 78 dissidents and independent journalists to as much as 27 years in prison last week, Cuban President Fidel Castro has raised the stakes in his...
Castro's Crackdown
CUBA After sentencing 78 dissidents and independent journalists to terms of up to 27 years in prison, President Fidel Castro raised the stakes in his most...
Cuba: Castro Sneaks In A Roundup
Cuban President Fidel Castro normally can't stand being ignored. But he has chosen a moment when the world is looking the other way to carry out a startling...
Our Ex-President In Havana
Suddenly there was a knock on Jimmy Carter's suite at his hotel in Caracas, Venezuela, interrupting his scheduled interview with Flora Lewis of the New York...
What Castro Wants
When U.S. Congressman Jeff Flake visited Havana recently, promoting legislation to let Americans travel freely to Cuba, Fidel Castro had his top aides meet with...
