Sun, Jun 7th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories |

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro says the case of the two Americans accused of spying for Cuba is "ridiculous." In an essay posted on a Cuban Web site, Mr. Castro neither confirmed nor denied the veracity of the spy charges brought ...Read More

Chavez to Fidel Castro: Venezuela Awaits You

Sun, Nov 22nd, 2009 | World |

Chavez to Fidel Castro: Venezuela Awaits You Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months. Chavez read aloud a letter to the 83-year-old former Cuban leader during a televised speech Saturday night, saying "Venezuela awaits you." Chavez proposed that ...Read More

Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela in the coming months

Sun, Nov 22nd, 2009 | World |

Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela in the coming months CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months. Chavez read aloud a letter to the 83-year-old former Cuban leader during a televised speech Saturday night, saying "Venezuela awaits ...Read More

Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to Venezuela

Sun, Nov 22nd, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to Venezuela CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is inviting his mentor Fidel Castro to visit Venezuela during the coming months. Chavez read aloud a letter to the 83-year-old former Cuban leader during a televised speech Saturday night, saying "Venezuela awaits you." ...Read More

Human Rights Watch: Cuba: Raúl Castro Imprisons Critics, Crushes Dissent

Wed, Nov 18th, 2009 | World |

Obama Should Replace Failed Embargo With Effective Multilateral Policy (Washington, DC) - Raúl Castro's government has locked up scores of people for exercising their fundamental freedoms and allowed scores more political prisoners arrested during Fidel Castro's rule to languish in detention, ...Read More

US rights group finds abuses rife in Raul's Cuba

Wed, Nov 18th, 2009 | World |

WASHINGTON—Human Rights Watch says conditions in Cuba have not improved under Raul Castro and in some ways are worse than they had been when his brother Fidel was president. In a report, the group accuses Raul Castro's government of creating "a ...Read More

Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to trade summit

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | Top Stories, World |

CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez is inviting former Cuban leader Fidel Castro to next month's meeting of the regional ALBA trade bloc being held in Havana. Chavez says Castro is well enough to attend the conference in mid-December. Venezuela's leftist ...Read More

Peru says leaving APEC summit over Chile spy case

Sat, Nov 14th, 2009 | World |

SINGAPORE, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Peru will leave early from anAPEC summit in Singapore after recalling its envoy from Chileover charges a Peruvian military officer had spied for theChilean government, Peru's foreign minister said on Saturday. The spying charges emerged as ...Read More

Castro as commentator on US politics

Fri, Nov 13th, 2009 | World |

HAVANA — Think you're obsessed with President Barack Obama and the many challenges he faces at home and abroad? Well, you're not alone. Fidel Castro appears to have a fascination with the American leader that would make Obama Girl jealous, writing obsessively ...Read More

Fidel Castro says eased US travel rules to Cuba has caused more cases of swine flu on island

Sat, Oct 31st, 2009 | World |

HAVANA - Fidel Castro has found something to sneeze at in Washington's decision to ease visits by Cuban-Americans to his island: He says more Americans mean more swine flu. The 83-year-old ex-president wrote in state-controlled newspapers on Saturday that many of ...Read More

Castro’s sister says she worked with CIA

Tue, Oct 27th, 2009 | World |

MIAMI - One of Fidel Castro's sisters says in a memoir released yesterday that she collaborated with the CIA against her brother, starting shortly after the United States' failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961. Juanita Castro, 76, initially ...Read More

Fidel Castro's Sister Says She Worked With CIA

Mon, Oct 26th, 2009 | World |

Fidel Castro's Sister Says She Worked With CIA Juanita Castro, sister of former Cuban President Fidel Castro, says she collaborated with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency against her brother's rule in the 1960s. She made the revelation to a Spanish-language television channel (Univision-Noticias 23) in Florida Sunday in a ...Read More

Sean Penn and Fidel Castro? The actor's top 5 forays into journalism.

Mon, Oct 26th, 2009 | Entertainment |

Oscar-winning actor, political activist, and part-time Big Name interviewer Sean Penn is currently in Cuba hoping to land what may turn out to be the biggest "get" of all his journalistic dabblings. He's angling to interview ailing revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. ...Read More

Castro sister recounts role as CIA 'mole' in Cuba

Mon, Oct 26th, 2009 | Entertainment, Most Viewed, World |

* Juanita Castro says Brazilian friend recruited her * Codenamed "Donna," says helped foes of Fidel Castro flee * She says Fidel "betrayed" Cuba revolution with communism MIAMI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Using the codename "Donna," theyounger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro ...Read More

Fidel Castro's sister says she collaborated with CIA following Bay of Pigs invasion

Mon, Oct 26th, 2009 | World |

MIAMI - One of Fidel Castro's sisters says in a memoir released Monday that she collaborated with the CIA against her brother, starting shortly after the United States' failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961. Juanita Castro, 76, initially ...Read More

Fidel Castro's sister reveals she worked for CIA

Mon, Oct 26th, 2009 | World |

Fidel Castro's sister reveals she worked for CIA Miami/Washington - Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, worked for the CIA for three years, according to details emerging from her book which is being released Monday. The details are in her memoirs, Fidel and Raul, ...Read More

Castro's sister says she collaborated with CIA

Mon, Oct 26th, 2009 | Entertainment, Most Viewed, World |

MIAMI -- Fidel Castro's younger sister says she collaborated with the CIA in 1964, five years after the Cuban revolution. Seventy-six-year-old Juanita Castro told Univision's WLTV-23 station late Sunday she initially supported her brother's 1959 overthrow of the Batista dictatorship but ...Read More

Fidel Castro's Sister Says She Collaborated With CIA

Mon, Oct 26th, 2009 | Politics, Top Stories, World |

Fidel Castro's Sister Says She Collaborated With CIA MIAMI — Fidel Castro's younger sister says she collaborated with the CIA in 1964 following the Cuban revolution. Juanita Castro, 76, told Univision's WLTV-23 station late Sunday she initially supported her brother's 1959 overthrow of the Batista dictatorship but quickly became ...Read More

Fidel Castro calls Nobel Peace Prize for Obama repudiation of America's past policies

Sat, Oct 10th, 2009 | World |

HAVANA - Count Fidel Castro among those in favor of the Norwegian Nobel Committee's controversial choice of U.S. President Barack Obama for the Nobel Peace prize. The former Cuban leader said Saturday that he thought the choice was a "positive step," ...Read More

Fidel Castro lauds Nobel prize for Obama

Sat, Oct 10th, 2009 | Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro lauded the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama, saying on Saturday it was "a positive measure" that was more a criticism of past U.S. policies than a ...Read More