Most poignantly, in Bolivia, Che Guevara Castro's chief instrument of world revolution, met his death in 1967. As the Cold War settled into détente in the early 1970s, Fidel Castro, following the ...

October 15: Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother, is named Minister of Defense. October 19: Along with 14 officers, Comandante Huber Matos, an important figure in the revolution, resigns his post as ...

Fidel Castro was every word in the book ... Alberto Korda was a successful studio photographer focused on fashion when the revolution in Cuba found him. He would quickly begin work as a ...

The Castros and their compadres fought their revolution in the 1950s and triumphed ... In an interesting touch, Fidel Castro banned Christmas, from 1969 to 1998. Absolute dictators can do that.

In 1956, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara gathered a force of guerrilla fighters and started a revolutionary war against government forces. By 1958, the revolution had spread throughout Cuba ...

Mirta Díaz-Balart, a member of prominent Cuban family who was married to Fidel Castro during his rise as a guerrilla leader, ...

HAVANA, November 26. /TASS/. Leader of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro died at the age of 90, Cuba’s President Raul Castro told the state television on Saturday. "I am here to inform our ...

Gone are the days when the so-called "Cuban revolution"—essentially dictator Fidel Castro—would proclaim to Cuban emigrants, "we don't want you, we ...

Social media is spreading an unusual theory about late Cuban leader Fidel Castro ... the skills needed for revolution, the New York Times reported. Photos of Castro playing the game provide ...

"I am Fidel" Cubans are deeply divided over Castro's legacy, with many hailing the social benefits of the revolution, such as advances in education and health, while others denounce a history of ...