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NEWS ABOUT: Cuban Revolution

Cuban Revolution stories: 13 news summaries

 Castro Sister: I Worked With CIA 

New book reveals Juanita Castro's involvement with US intelligence

Oct 26, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sister of Fidel and Raúl Castro worked with the CIA in the 1960s, while the agency was planning to assassinate Fidel and overthrow the revolutionary government. In a new book, Juanita Castro, who now lives in Miami, reveals that she hid opponents of her brothers' regime in her... More »

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CIA • Latin America • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Miami • Raul Castro • Cuban Revolution • Central Intelligence Agency • Juanita Castro

 Early Castro 
 Compatriot 
 Almeida 
 Dead at 82 

Rebel leader coined revolutionary slogan 'Here, nobody surrenders!'

Sep 12, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the original leaders of the Cuban Revolution and a general in Fidel Castro’s military has died, the BBC reports. Juan Almeida Bosque, 82, was the third most senior member in Raul Castro’s Council of State and the only black member of the Cuban leadership. Almeida met... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • obituary • Raul Castro • Communism • Cuban Revolution • Juan Almeida Bosque • insurrection

 Man Wins $1B Judgment 
 Against Castro, Guevara 

Court finds revolutionaries responsible for GM dealer's 1959 suicide

May 30, 09 5:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Cuban-American who blames Fidel Castro and Che Guevara for his father's suicide has been awarded more than $1 billion by a US court, the Miami Herald reports. Gustavo Villoldo, whose father and his General Motors dealerships became prime targets for Castro and Guevara after the 1959 revolution, will attempt... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • lawsuit • Che Guevara • Cuban Revolution • Cuban Americans • Gustavo Villoldo

OPINION

From Cuba to Hollywood,
Che a Caricature of Himself

For many, image of Che Guevara still resonates

Feb 1, 09 12:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Steven Soderbergh’s biopic Che is drawing fresh attention to revolutionary icon Ernesto “Che” Guevara—even as he’s becoming a kind of caricature of himself, Rolf Potts writes in World Hum. In Cuba, Guevara serves as “a sainted martyr of unwavering purity who also happens to promote... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Che Guevara • Cuban Revolution • Steven Soderbergh

Cubans Mark
50 Years of Fidel

Celebrations sobered after tough year for Cuba

Dec 31, 08 5:44 PM CST
(Newser) - New Year's Day marks a sober occasion for Cuban-Americans: Fidel Castro's takeover 50 years ago and the exile and family separations that ensued. Many Cubans once hoped the dictator would bring them prosperity. Today, with their beloved island in decay and many lives lost in attempts to flee, few of... More »

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communism • Cuba • dictatorship • hurricane • anniversary • Cuban Revolution • Cuban exiles • weakening economy • Cuban Americans • New Year

Ailing Fidel Appears on TV

Former Cuban president chats with Hugo Chavez about food, fuel crises

Jun 18, 08 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - An animated Fidel Castro appeared on state-run Cuban TV yesterday, in the first such broadcast of the ailing revolutionary since January. Castro, standing in some parts of the video, was seen chatting in a garden with his brother Raul, the current Cuban president, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the AP... More »

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politics • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communism • Cuban Revolution • Communists

Raul Castro Empties Cuba's Death Row

New president commutes all but 3 capital sentences

Apr 29, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Cuban president Raul Castro has commuted all but three of the country's death sentences to prison terms of 30 years to life, reports Reuters. Castro, who also has been gradually easing the country's restrictions on daily life, said the death penalty would remain on the books to deter "... More »

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Cuba • capital punishment • Raul Castro • death sentence • Cuban Revolution

Steely Raúl's Time Is Now

Low-profile No. 2, Fidel's 'organizational glue,' steps into Cuba's top job

Feb 20, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - The Castro brothers overthrew a dictatorship and won a revolution together, but while charismatic Fidel was the public face giving passionate seven-hour speeches, steely Raúl quietly got it done—ruthlessly sending dissenters to the firing squad, earning him the nickname "the Prussian." As Fidel fades, writes the... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • dictatorship • Raul Castro • Communism • Cuban Revolution • Batista dictatorship • interim leader • firing squad • the Prussian

Fidel Faithful Likely to
Keep Power

Cubans unsure if leader's resignation
will change anything

Feb 20, 08 7:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Life went on as normal in Havana after Fidel Castro announced his resignation yesterday, and Cuba experts aren't sure how much real impact his decision will have, the New York Times reports. Cuba's National Assembly is due to choose a new Council of State on Sunday and power is expected... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • Cuban Revolution • Havana

Fidel Steps Down After 50 Years

Cuban leader announces retirement

Feb 19, 08 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Fidel Castro has resigned after nearly 50 years as Cuba's leader, the AP reports. "I neither will aspire to, nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief," the 81-year-old wrote in a letter published in the Communist Party's online... More »

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Fidel Castro • Cuba • Communist Party • Raul Castro • Cuban Revolution

Fidel Flirts
With Retiring —Again

Says he once longed
to 'cling to power,' but life has changed him

Dec 29, 07 8:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Fidel Castro is hinting at retirement again, this time in a letter read aloud to Cuba's parliament yesterday by his brother Raul, the BBC reports. The letter expanded on a much-discussed comment he made last week about not "clinging to power."  This time he admits that he... More »

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Revolutionary Roots: Che's Hair for Sale

Rumors say Chavez of Venezeula is interested 'mystery buyer'

Oct 25, 07 7:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A scrapbook including photos of Che Guevara's corpse, hand-written letters from comrades-in-arms, and a lock of the revolutionary's hair snipped after he was shot to death are on a Dallas auction block with a starting price of $100,000. The collection belongs to a former CIA operative who helped track,... More »

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Fidel Castro • auction • Che Guevara • Cuban Revolution • Hugo Chávez

Cuba Celebrates Che

Casto, too weak to attend, calls comrade 'a flower yanked prematurely from its stem'

Oct 8, 07 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 10,000 Cubans gathered today to honor Che Guevara, the man who helped Fidel Castro take power in the 1959 communist revolution. Calling Che "a flower yanked prematurely from its stem," Castro, too weak to attend, praised the icon in a message read to the crowd. The... More »

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