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Follow politics in Cuba and Fidel Castro in particular. Fidel's full name is Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz and he was the President of Cuba. After commanding the revolution that overthrew Fulgencio Batista in 1959, he held the... [more]
Follow politics in Cuba and Fidel Castro in particular.
Fidel's full name is Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz and he was the President of Cuba.
After commanding the revolution that overthrew Fulgencio Batista in 1959, he held the title of Prime Minister of Cuba until 1976, when he became president of the Council of State as well as of the Council of Ministers. Castro became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in 1965, and led the transformation of Cuba into a one-party socialist republic.
As president he also held the supreme military rank of Comandante en Jefe of the Cuban armed forces.
On July 31, 2006, Castro, after undergoing intestinal surgery, transferred his responsibilities to the vice-president, his younger brother Raúl.
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Fidel Castro has defended Angel Matos, the Cuban Taekwondo athlete who kicked a referee in the head at the Beijing Olympics. Castro feels that Matos was right to be indignant over his disqualification during the bronze medal match.
Olympic officials want Matos and his coach banned from the sport...
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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): Cuban President Raul Castro met on Wednesday with the Prime Minister of Barbados, David Thompson, who attended on Tuesday the inauguration in Havana of the 39th General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), which is taking place in the Cuban capital.
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- Raul Castro revisits revolution landmark (rss.topix.net)
Fidel Castro, it seems, feels quite wronged. In the Aug. 26 edition of the revolutionary organ Granma, the retired Cuban dictator complains that the press of the world simply does not understand his support for Angel Matos, the tae kwon do competitor who kicked a referee in the face on the last...
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Antonio Carballo and Fidel Castro were once young classmates in Cuba. That was long before Dr. Carballo became a successful Chicago physician and Castro overthrew the government of the island nation and became its ruler. "My father thought Castro was ...
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Cuban President Raul Castro met on Wednesday with the Prime Minister of Barbados, Hon. David Howard Thompson, who attended on Tuesday the inauguration in Havana of the 39th General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union `CBU`, which takes place in the Cuban capital until next Saturday. more...
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Cuba has ordered the jailed punk rocker Gorki Águila, an outspoken critic of Fidel Castro and the Communist government, to stand trial Friday for "social dangerousness," a charge that could carry up to four years in prison.
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Castro classmate knew change was coming to Cuba, so he left to find opportunity in U.S. August 29, 2008 BY LARRY FINLEY Staff Reporter / lfinley@suntimes.com Antonio Carballo and Fidel Castro were once young ...
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HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday defended a Cuban taekwondo athlete banned forever from the sport for kicking a referee during the Beijing Olympics. Castro, in a column on the Internet, said Angel Valodia Matos already was "indignant".
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Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales sent a message of greetings to the Cuban leader Fidel Castro, head of state Raul Castro and to the Cuban ...
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"Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba" , by Tom Gjelten: Bacardi is the world's top-selling rum with annual sales of 20 million cases in more than 150 countries.
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Cuba has ordered jailed punk rocker Gorki Aguila, an outspoken critic of Fidel Castro and the communist government, to stand trial on Friday for "social dangerousness," a charge that could carry up to four years in prison.
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Cuba has ordered jailed punk rocker Gorki Aguila, an outspoken critic of Fidel Castro and the communist government, to stand trial on Friday for "social dangerousness," a charge that could carry up to four ...
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Fidel Castro's 82-year old body may be failing him. But, dios mio, his famed obstinance has never been healthier.
You'd think it might be hard to defend a taekwondo athlete who used his potentially lethal skills to attack a sporting judge. But, oh my Capitalist swine, you know little about...
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Cuban President Raul Castro received the last members of the delegation that represented Cuba at the 29th Olympic Games, which concluded Sunday in Beijing, China. more... | PDA
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Yesterday, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro defended the actions of disgraced Olympian Angel Valodia Matos in an on-line editorial.
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