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...
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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 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.
This New Year's Eve will mark the half-century anniversary of a night when Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista , in anticipation of Fidel Castro's advancing revolutionary army, abandoned the island he had ruled on ...
Havana, Oct 10 Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro recalled Angolans and Cubans' heroism in the 1983 battle in Cangamba, where they fought restlessly with no food or water and suffered 78 casualties and 204 ...
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters): Communist Cuba has begun leasing land to private farmers, cooperatives and state companies for the first time in decades in a step forward for one of President Raul Castro's main economic reforms, official media said this week. The move could not come at a better time...
skip to main | skip to sidebar Review of Cuban-American Blogs To tell the unconventional truth, respecting no one who does not respect Cuba or the Cuban people's right to freedom. Tuesday, September 2, 2008 Meet Fidel Odinga Yes, his complete name is Fidel Castro Odinga. He is the eldest son of...
Raila´s eldest son is named Fidel in honor of Communist Cuba´s dictator Fidel Castro. Cuba´s Fidel Castro nationalized and confiscated private property, ...
NOTES: Four game set ... Cubans need three while outscoring the locals in order to advance to the chase ... the Stars will send Pat Scantlebury and Lefty Tiant to the mound on the hill and Martin Dihigo and ...
It was only a matter of time before a Cuba connection came to light in the Obama/William Ayers drama, because, if it's ugly, commie, and anti-American, the castro regime is always somewhow in the mix. From IBD: Ayers' terrorist acts...
HAVANA * Communist Cuba has begun leasing land to private farmers, cooperatives and state companies for the first time in decades in a step forward for one of President Raul Castro's main economic reforms, ...
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The Cuban national soccer team was due to leave on Wednesday for Washington DC, to play on October 11 against the US team for the second time in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying tournament. The US team played Cuba on Spetember for the first time in Havana in 61 years.
We met Ana on the Avenue Galiano, a shopping street in downtown Havana, where she was gazing longingly into a store selling plastic shoes for 20 pesos .
Hindustan Times Havana, October 06, 2008 Indo-Asian News Service Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has said his country will remain socialist and rejected calls by Western experts to speed up the reform ...
Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro insisted that the production and distribution of food and construction materials are absolutely prioritized at the moment in Cuba.
Cubans who live in the mountains of the easternmost province of the island, Guantanamo, have recovered their sight with the setting up, for the first time, of an operating tent to carry out the Operation Miracle eye-surgery program. more... | PDA