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Castro: We Saved Reagan's Life

Dictator claims Cuba foiled an assassination attempt

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 13, 2007 9:06 AM CDT

(Newser) – Fidel Castro says Cuba helped the US avert an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan in 1984. An essay attributed to the ailing dictator says a Cuban posted to the UN tipped off an American official to the plot, which involved a presidential visit to North...   Read full story »

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