Fidel Castro

...ties with Cuba and Congress is considering lifting a ban on U.S. travel to the Communist-run island 90 miles from Florida. Fidel Castro temporarily ceded power to his younger brother Raul in July, 2006 and formally stepped aside as president...

In this article: Cuba, Raul Castro, Human Rights Watch, United States, Barack Obama, and Havana

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez is inviting former Cuban leader Fidel Castro to next month's meeting of the regional ALBA trade bloc being held in Havana. Chavez says Castro is well enough to attend the conference in...

In this article: Hugo Chavez, Surgery, David Choquehuanca, Venezuela, Havana, Caracas, Colombia, and U.S.

...them control Hollywood and the Las Vegas Strip. Roselli was also involved with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) plot to kill Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro in the early 1960s. Some conspiracy theorists believe he was also...

In this article: John Roselli, Central Intelligence Agency, Sam Giancana, Bill Bonanno, Robert Maheu, Los Angeles, Robert Kennedy, Kennedy assassination, and Mafia

...Mikhail Fradkov in Havana. Castro abruptly ousted some of Cuba's most powerful officials Monday, remaking the government in the biggest shakeup since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro a year ago. Roque was replaced by his own...

In this article: Raul Castro, Cuba, Felipe Perez Roque, Carlos Lage, United States, and E-mail

...1959, following his appointment by President Manuel Urrutia on January 5, 1959. On February 13, 1959, Miro unexpectedly resigned and was replaced by Fidel Castro. Miro was a lawyer and professor at the University of Havana and had become a...

In this article: CIA, Bay of Pigs Invasion, United States, Washington, Cuba, Cuban Revolutionary Council, and God

...HO) March 11, 2009 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip-A renegade British lawmaker who had financial dealings with Saddam Hussein and praised Fidel Castro in Cuba can add this to his resume: an honorary Palestinian passport, awarded during a secret...

In this article: Hamas, George Galloway, Gaza, E-mail, Saddam Hussein, Egypt, Israel, Islamic, and Rafah

...Putin came to the island in 2000. Last week, local media reported Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque told Cubans that Castro will return to his post as maximum leader, but he did not say when. "This takes time, but he's right there,"...

In this article: Raul Castro, George W. Bush, Felipe Perez Roque, Havana, Cuba, Surgery, Cancer, Time Magazine, and Nonaligned Movement

...to foreign, tourism-related investment and experiments in limited private enterprise. Castro, 81, has served as Cuba's President since 1976, and before that had served as Prime Minister since marching triumphantly into Havana on Jan. 1,...

In this article: Cuba, Carlos Lage, Joint venture, Revenue, Fidel, and United States

...from the United States and five Western European nations. Mr. Castro was followed closely by Vladimir V. Putin, former president and current prime minister of Russia. Large numbers of Westerners also had "somewhat poor" or "very poor"...

In this article: Harris Interactive, Respondent, Silvio Berlusconi, International Herald Tribune, Dmitri A. Medvedev, Hu Jintao, Barack Obama, United States, and Italy

...the 1959 revolution. "He will have my two hands vote," National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon said in broken English, meaning he would raise both hands to vote in favor of Castro as head of the council. Vice President Carlos Lage...

In this article: Cuba, Raul Castro, Ricardo Alarcon, Carlos Lage, Surgery, and Communist Party