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Fidel Castro publishes memoirs

Sun Feb 05 15:25:26 CST 2012

[USATODAY.com] Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention center, state media said.

Fidel Castro unveils 1,000-page memoir

Sat Feb 04 15:23:03 CST 2012

[CNN.com International] Fidel Castro has released a previously unannounced two-volume memoir of his life, Cuban state-run media reported Saturday.

Fidel Castro appears on television to talk about Iran and North Korea

Mon Jul 12 23:00:00 CDT 2010

[The Washington Post] MEXICO CITY -- Fidel Castro returned to Cuban television Monday night, his first major appearance in years, as the aging, ailing revolutionary leader held forth on the dangers of possible nuclear confrontations in Iran and the Korean Peninsula. Fidel Castro - North Korea - Cuba - Caribbean - Politics

Fidel Castro presents memoir

Sat Feb 04 14:45:19 CST 2012

[The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]

Ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance, spending six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention centre, state media reported.

Fidel Castro presents 2-volume memoir

Sat Feb 04 11:03:57 CST 2012

[Associated Press] HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention center, state media said Saturday. It was a rare appearance for the retired and increasingly reclusive former Cuban leader....

Iranian leader meets Fidel Castro

Thu Jan 12 16:10:53 CST 2012

[Associated Press] HAVANA (AP) -- Two of Washington's top irritants, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Fidel Castro, discussed world events for two hours, and the Iranian leader on Thursday described the retired Cuban revolutionary as healthy and engaged, and declared their two countries to be allies "fighting on the same front."...

Fidel Castro Says Two Demoted Lieutenants Had Been Seduced by A'Honey of Power'

Tue Mar 03 23:00:00 CST 2009

[The Washington Post] HAVANA, March 3 -- Fidel Castro said Tuesday that two of his closest lieutenants had been seduced by "the honey of power" and hinted that they were demoted because their angling for leadership roles in a post-Castro Cuba had become unseemly.

Castro: GOP primary a 'competition of idiocy and ignorance'

Wed Jan 25 14:33:05 CST 2012

[USATODAY.com] Fidel Castro lambasted the Republican presidential race in a column published Wednesday.

The best novels of 2010

Fri Dec 17 12:57:00 CST 2010

[The Washington Post] THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FIDEL CASTRO , by Norberto Fuentes (Norton, $27.95). The fake memoirs of the Cuban leader. Fidel couldn't have written it better. -Tom Miller

The best fiction and poetry of 2010

Fri Dec 10 11:12:00 CST 2010

[The Washington Post] THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FIDEL CASTRO, by Norberto Fuentes (Norton, $27.95). The fake memoirs of the Cuban leader. Fidel couldn't have written it better. -Tom Miller

Files Chart Role of Ballerina in Bungled Coup

Fri May 28 08:16:48 CDT 2010

[International Herald Tribune, France] Margot Fonteyn plotted alongside her Panamanian husband, seeking the support of Fidel Castro to overthrow the Panamanian government in 1959.

Castro on Cuba's political prisoners

Fri Apr 30 16:06:46 CDT 2010

[CNN.com International] In this 1998 interview, Fidel Castro discusses Cuba's political prisoners and how it relates to pressure from the U.S.

Cuba slams Twitter over Castro 'death'

Wed Jan 04 15:10:15 CST 2012

[NEWS.com.au] CUBAN state media has accused the social networking site Twitter of helping spread a rumour that former leader Fidel Castro had died.

Cuba's slams Twitter over Castro 'death'

Wed Jan 04 15:10:15 CST 2012

[NEWS.com.au] CUBAN state media has accused the social networking site Twitter of helping spread a rumour that former leader Fidel Castro had died.

Poll: Latin Americans' optimism strong, despite concerns about crime, poverty

Wed Nov 09 12:31:25 CST 2011

[The Christian Science Monitor] The annual Latinobarómetro survey found that Latin Americans are more confident in government than Europeans, are worried about crime and the economy, and are not fans of Fidel Castro.

Cuban dissident Carlos Franqui; businessman J. Bruce Llewellyn

Sat Apr 17 23:00:00 CDT 2010

[The Washington Post] Carlos Franqui, 89, a writer and activist who was an important figure in the Cuban revolution and became an outspoken critic of Fidel Castro, died April 16 in Puerto Rico of bronchial and heart problems.

Castro's sister says she collaborated with CIA

Mon Oct 26 23:00:00 CDT 2009

[The Washington Post] MIAMI -- One of Fidel Castro's sisters says in a new memoir that she collaborated with the CIA against her brother, starting shortly after the United States' failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961.

Cuban Communists to consider term limits for leaders

Fri Jan 27 12:53:41 CST 2012

[Reuters] HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Communist Party will consider reforms this weekend that could impose term limits on its leaders in what would be a striking change on an island that Fidel Castro ruled for 49 years and was succeeded by his brother.

Secret files shed light on ballerina Fonteyn's 'plot with Castro'

Thu May 27 18:31:53 CDT 2010

[BBC News] Dame Margot Fonteyn, one of Britain's most famous ballerinas, was "up to her neck" in a coup plot in Central America - along with Fidel Castro, according to government files released today at the National Archives.

Golf: Playing out of Castro's bunker - golf on the rise in communist Cuba

Sun Apr 25 11:00:00 CDT 2010

[New Zealand Herald] The two revolutionary icons were playing the gentlemen's game in fatigues and combat boots. And they weren't playing well.Che Guevara shot a 127, besting Fidel Castro's 150 on a par-70 golf course.Their 1961 round, played...

Twitterer denies his account is source of Castro death rumor

Thu Jan 05 08:26:47 CST 2012

[CNN.com International] Cuban state media this week expressed outrage at a rumor of the death of Fidel Castro, and even pinpointed the Twitter account they say sparked the fuss. But the account's owner, a Spaniard named David Fernandez, says Cuba has it wrong.

Fidel Castro warns of bleak future, touts memoir

Mon Feb 06 17:29:10 CST 2012

[Reuters] HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro painted a bleak picture of the future, saying the world was in its worst situation ever as Cuban television aired on Monday part of a six-hour event last week touting his newest memoir.

Safety Becomes KeyIssue After Shooting

Sun Jan 09 09:12:15 CST 2011

[Fox News] House Majority Leader John Boehner urges lawmakers to keep Rep. Giffords in their thoughts, saying no matter how 'heinous' the attack, lawmakers should not be deterred from their dutiesDeath Penalty Looms in Killing of Federal JudgeObama: 'Tragedy for Our Entire Country' Fidel Castro Condemns Attack

Tension before opening arguments in Posada trial

Tue Jan 11 19:42:15 CST 2011

[Associated Press] EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- With opening statements set for Wednesday in an immigration fraud trial for an anti-communist militant considered Fidel Castro's nemesis, attorneys are arguing about how much of the defendant's cold-warrior past and the Cuban government's credibility should be admissible....

Fidel Castro says world marching into abyss with shale gas

Thu Jan 05 17:45:24 CST 2012

[Reuters] HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Thursday the world was on an "inexorable march toward the abyss," which he blamed in part on the discovery and exploitation of vast reserves of so-called "shale gas" around the world.

Why Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, and Larry Page are overrated

Fri Nov 25 11:54:57 CST 2011

[Forbes] ? ? In the years of bitter struggle between capitalism and socialism, young generations around the world were obsessed with Karl Marx and his socialist ideas. Posters of celebrated revolutionaries like Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, and Mao Che-tung decorated university walls, while red banners and anti-capitalist, antibusiness slogans colored and enlivened popular demonstrations. Today, with ...

Prosecutor: Ex-CIA agent lied about militant past

Wed Jan 12 17:15:57 CST 2011

[Associated Press] EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- A federal prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that an ex-CIA agent and nemesis of Fidel Castro "can do anything he wants to the Cuban regime" but broke federal law when he lied about it under oath while seeking American citizenship....

Jury hears Posada recount sneaking into US in '05

Thu Jan 20 14:03:16 CST 2011

[Associated Press] EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- The jury in a federal perjury trial heard tapes Thursday of a former CIA operative and anti-communist militant recounting under oath how he illegally entered the U.S. in 2005. Luis Posada Carilles also said Fidel Castro spread lies about his journey to get him in trouble with American authorities....

Tension before opening statements in Posada trial

Tue Jan 11 23:00:10 CST 2011

Ariz. Sheriff SparksFree Speech Debate

Sun Jan 09 14:38:45 CST 2011

[Fox News] Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik blames television and talk radio for a decline in America that led to the deadly shooting in Tucson, while critics say now is the wrong time for a blame gameSafety Becomes Key Issue After ShootingObama: 'Tragedy for Our Entire Country' Fidel Castro Condemns Attack

Perjury, fraud trial begins for ex-CIA agent, Castro nemesis

Wed Jan 12 23:00:00 CST 2011

[The Washington Post] EL PASO - A federal prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that an ex-CIA agent and nemesis of Fidel Castro "can do anything he wants to the Cuban regime" but broke federal law when he lied about it under oath while seeking American citizenship.

Momentum Grows for Relaxing U.S. Policy on Cuba; Bill Would Lift Travel Ban

Sun Mar 29 23:00:00 CDT 2009

[The Washington Post] Roughly a year after Fidel Castro stepped aside and handed much of the responsibility for leading Cuba to his brother RaÃºl, there is new momentum in Washington for eliminating the ban on most U.S. travel to the island nation and for reexamining the severe limitations on U.S.-Cuban economic exchan...

Nilanjana S Roy: Saint Sonia - Sari seems to be the hardest word

Mon Jun 07 14:12:14 CDT 2010

[Business Standard, India] A few months ago, Norberto Fuentes wrote an autobiography of Fidel Castro, a book that starts and ends in Castros voice, where by page 150 the reader has forgotten that this is a fictional creation. Fuentes relationship with Fidel was a dark and troubled one; he was once one of Castros supporters, then one of Castros prisoners, and finally one of Cubas exiles.

Posada's past an issue in immigration fraud case

Wed Jan 12 06:00:52 CST 2011

[Associated Press] EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Elderly ex-CIA operative and Fidel Castro nemesis Luis Posada Carriles is in federal court on trial for perjury and immigration fraud - not the decades he spent as a Washington-backed cold warrior. But his violent past, and America's frigid relations with its communist neighbor, are nonetheless dominating the proceedings....

Newt Gingrich ad suggests America could become Cuba

Mon Jan 30 10:02:00 CST 2012

[The Washington Post] In a new Spanish-language ad, former House speaker Newt Gingrich suggests ' through Cuban-American speakers ' that President Obama is headed down the same path as Fidel Castro. 'My parents came to America looking for freedom and opportunity, and now America is starting to look like the country my parents fled,' says a young man in the English version of the ad. Read full article >>

Mitt Romney makes forceful bid for Fla. Latino vote

Fri Jan 27 12:48:00 CST 2012

[The Washington Post] MIAMI ' Mitt Romney forcefully reached out to Hispanic Republicans here Friday, saying he would champion political and economic freedom in Cuba and throughout Latin America.Trying to woo Florida's influential bloc of Cuban American and other Hispanic Republican voters days before the state's critical primary, Romney promoted his immigration and foreign policy agenda. He used particularly tough language to describe his stance against Fidel Castro's Cuba.Read full article >>