http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Fidel_CastroFind stories, videos, and photos about Fidel Castro from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Fri, 16 May 2008 17:10:04 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Fidel_Castro14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Fidel Castro from CNN.com.http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1738316,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1738316,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPresident Bush said Wednesday that Cuba's post-Fidel Castro leadership has made only "empty gestures at reform"Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/07/bush.cuba.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/05/07/bush.cuba.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush said Wednesday that Cuba's post-Fidel Castro leadership has made only "empty gestures at reform" and rejected calls for easing of U.S. restrictions on the communist island.Wed, 07 May 2008 18:44:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/28/cuba.castro.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/28/cuba.castro.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Raul Castro announced Monday that Cuba will convene its first Communist Party congress since 1997 -- a gathering that could chart the island's political future long after he and his older brother Fidel are gone.Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro.reaction.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro.reaction.irpt/index.html#cnnSTCTextOn Tuesday, February 19, after almost 50 years of rule, Fidel Castro announced that he will step down as Cuba's president and commander in chief. Known for leading the overthrow of the Batista dictatorship, embracing communism and carrying on tense relations with the United States, which led to a strict embargo, Castro is a highly contentious figure. Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:03:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/25/castro.daughter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/25/castro.daughter/index.html#cnnSTCTextFidel Castro will continue to have a hand in shaping Cuba's future, but his brother and successor will remain in firm control of the government, Castro's daughter said Monday.Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:46:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/24/cuba.nextpresident/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/24/cuba.nextpresident/index.html#cnnSTCTextFidel Castro's nearly five decades of rule ended Sunday when Cuba's National Assembly chose his younger brother Raul to be the country's new president.Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:21:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716866,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716866,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNearly a half century of rule by Fidel Castro was ending Sunday as Cuban lawmakers chose his replacement, his younger brother RaulSun, 24 Feb 2008 21:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/24/cuba.handover/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/24/cuba.handover/index.html#cnnSTCTextCuba's National Assembly convened Sunday to choose a head of state -- and for the first time since the 1950s, it won't be longtime leader Fidel Castro.Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:14:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/20/raul.castro/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/20/raul.castro/index.html#cnnSTCTextRaúl Castro has lived all his life in the shadow of his older brother Fidel.Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:58:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714799,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714799,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Pope's Secretary of State is the first important figure to visit Cuba, part of the Catholic Church's attempt to mediate a post-Fidel transitionWed, 20 Feb 2008 16:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTextThis is the text of a letter from Cuban leader Fidel Castro published Tuesday by the Cuban state-run newspaper Granma.Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:48:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro/index.html#cnnSTCTextAlthough the news that one of the longest-serving leaders in the world was officially stepping down sent ripples around the globe, Fidel Castro's resignation announcement barely registered in Cuba. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:45:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/19/us.castro/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/19/us.castro/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe U.S. embargo on Cuba will remain in place despite Fidel Castro's announcement that he's resigning as Cuba's leader, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Tuesday.Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:37:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro.top10/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/castro.top10/index.html#cnnSTCTextBefore disappearing from public life in 2006 and officially stepping down as Cuba's president Tuesday, Fidel Castro ruled the country with an iron fist, despite numerous attempts by his enemies to do away with him.Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:26:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/02/19/activity.castro.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/02/19/activity.castro.resigns/index.html#cnnSTCTextStudents will investigate Fidel Castro's rise to power and his impact on U.S.-Cuban relations. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:20:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/19/castro.candidates/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/19/castro.candidates/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresidential candidates from both parties said Tuesday they welcome the decision by Cuban President Fidel Castro to step down.Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:09:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/02/19/news/international/cuba_castro_markets/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/02/19/news/international/cuba_castro_markets/index.htmCuban dictator Fidel Castro announced his resignation Tuesday, sending stocks that could do more business in Cuba surging amidst hopes that the four-decade-long trade embargo against the Communist nation might finally be lifted.Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:07:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/cuba.next/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/19/cuba.next/index.html#cnnSTCTextFidel Castro's resignation does not mean the longtime ruler is bowing out of Cuba's political life, analysts say.Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:13:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714362,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714362,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNow that Fidel has resigned, expect a freer economy, a more pragmatic agenda and perhaps other reforms as wellTue, 19 Feb 2008 16:25:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714323,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1714323,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsFidel Castro's resignation brings an end to nearly 50 years of rule and looks likely to see his brother named as PresidentTue, 19 Feb 2008 12:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/12/17/castro.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/12/17/castro.letter/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Cuban television news anchor read a letter on air Monday that was reportedly written by Fidel Castro promising he would not "cling to office" or be an impediment to rising young leaders.Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:29:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/10/24/castro.bush/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/10/24/castro.bush/index.html#cnnSTCTextAiling Cuban leader Fidel Castro accused U.S. President George W. Bush of pushing the world to the brink of World War III and widespread famine in an essay that appeared in Cuban state media Tuesday.Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/21/castro.interview/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/09/21/castro.interview/index.html#cnnSTCTextLooking gaunt -- but appearing lucid -- ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro spoke about a variety of issues in a taped interview that aired on Cuban state television Friday.Sat, 22 Sep 2007 01:12:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/09/spanish.debate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/09/spanish.debate/index.html#cnnSTCTextQuestions about immigration dominated a forum for Democratic presidential candidates put on Sunday by the Spanish-language television network Univision.Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:49:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/28/castro.clinton.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/28/castro.clinton.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTextAdd another name to the list of political observers who think a Clinton-Obama ticket would be unbeatable: Cuban leader Fidel Castro.Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/26/cuba.castro.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/08/26/cuba.castro.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextFidel Castro signed a lengthy essay published Sunday saluting a Cuban political figure but the 81-year-old gave no hint of how he is feeling, even amid rampant rumors of his death.Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/21/obama.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/21/obama.cuba/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs Ronald Reagan might have put it, here we go again.Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:27:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/21/obama.cuba.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/21/obama.cuba.ap/index.html#cnnSTCTextDemocratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday said the Bush administration blundered by tightening restrictions on Cuban-Americans who want to visit the island or send money home and promised to reverse the measures if elected.Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/06/03/cuba.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/06/03/cuba.castro/index.htmlFor the first time in four months, Cuban leader Fidel Castro was shown standing and talking in video footage that aired on state-run Cuban TV.Sun, 03 Jun 2007 06:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/05/23/cuba.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/05/23/cuba.castro/index.htmlCuban leader Fidel Castro discussed details of his recent health problems for the first time Wednesday, telling his countrymen in a written message that he underwent several operations, some of which were unsuccessful, but that his condition has now stabilized.Thu, 24 May 2007 01:28:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/12/news/international/cuba_baseball.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/12/news/international/cuba_baseball.fortune/index.htmHow's this for irony: baseball agent Gus Dominguez will almost certainly go to prison for helping Cuban ballplayers flee Fidel Castro's Communist regime to freely peddle their talents to the highest bidder.Fri, 13 Apr 2007 01:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/04/11/cuba.rapper/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/04/11/cuba.rapper/index.htmlWorking on an old computer with a burned-out monitor, Cuban rapper Aldo Rodriguez painstakingly lays the tracks for his next song.Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:02:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/05/magazines/fortune/arango_dominguez2.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/04/05/magazines/fortune/arango_dominguez2.fortune/index.htmAs Major League Baseball eases in to the new season at ballparks across the country this week, a separate drama is playing out in a courthouse in this tropical paradise - one that spotlights a darker side of the national pastime.Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:23:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403413/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/04/02/8403413/index.htmSOMETIME LATER this year, less than 70 miles from Florida, a consortium of Spanish, Indian, and Norwegian companies will probably start drilling for oil. It could mark the beginning of a Cuban oil ... Mon, 02 Apr 2007 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402339/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/19/8402339/index.htmSometime later this year, less than 70 miles from Florida, a consortium of Spanish, Indian and Norwegian companies will likely start drilling for oil. It could mark the beginning of a Cuban oil rus... Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:57:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/30/cuba.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/30/cuba.castro/index.htmlCuban television Tuesday broadcast scenes of what it said was ailing leader Fidel Castro meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:28:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/29/castro.party/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/01/29/castro.party/index.htmlA Miami official said his idea of holding an event at the Orange Bowl when Fidel Castro dies has been misconstrued. "It's not a party. It's not going to be a conga line, I promise you," said Miami city commissioner Tomás Regalado.Tue, 30 Jan 2007 02:00:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/20/castro.condition/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/20/castro.condition/index.htmlCuban leader Fidel Castro is "fighting for his life," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday.Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:23:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/19/tyrrell.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/19/tyrrell.castro/index.htmlIn these last months of Fidel Castro's moribundity, there is delicious irony in the film clip of him that is repeatedly shown on cable television. Wearing a clownishly incongruous jogging suit, the fabled maestro of revolution and progress is filmed shuffling metronomically, gray and feeble, blank-faced and apparently going no place. Maybe he is on a treadmill that we cannot see. Maybe he is merely picking up his tired feet and putting them back down with no forward motion. Possibly this whole idiotic scene is a fabrication created by our CIA. Well, if so, it is a job well done. There is poetry here.Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:51:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/17/castro.condition/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/17/castro.condition/index.htmlThe Spanish surgeon who examined Fidel Castro last December in Cuba told CNN Wednesday that a Spanish newspaper's reports this week about his health were based on rumors and that the Cuban president's current condition shows "some progressive improvement."Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:31:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/15/castro.condition/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/15/castro.condition/index.htmlAn infection of the large intestine, at least three failed operations and complications have left Fidel Castro's prognosis "very grave," a Spanish newspaper reported Tuesday, citing medical sources from the Hospital Gregorio Maranon de Madrid.Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:49:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/26/castro.health/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/26/castro.health/index.htmlCuban President Fidel Castro is recovering from his ailments and does not have cancer, according to a Spanish surgeon who has met with him and consulted with the leader's medical team.Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:50:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/24/castro.health/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/24/castro.health/index.htmlA Spanish surgeon has traveled to Havana to consider what steps should be taken to halt the deterioration of Cuban President Fidel Castro's health, a Spanish newspaper reported Sunday.Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:07:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/20/poison.plots/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/20/poison.plots/index.htmlIn a week in which the latest James Bond movie premiered a few streets away in Leicester Square, the news of the apparent poisoning of a former KGB spy in a London sushi bar offered a glimpse into a real-life world of intrigue and espionage.Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:30:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/17/cuba.suit/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/LAW/11/17/cuba.suit/index.htmlThe families of two men executed by Fidel Castro's government will receive more than $90 million in Cuban assets held in the United States, a federal judge ruled Friday.Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:08:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/04/8384864/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/09/04/8384864/index.htmAUGUST 18, 2006Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:20:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/08/14/castro.cuba/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/08/14/castro.cuba/index.htmlCubans got their first glimpse Monday of Fidel Castro since he underwent surgery last week, with state-run television broadcasting video of the Cuban leader talking from his bed with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:03:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/03/us.cuba/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/03/us.cuba/index.htmlPresident Bush offered "full and unconditional" support Thursday for a democratic transition in Cuba, urging Cubans "to work for democratic change."Thu, 03 Aug 2006 22:28:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/03/news/newsmakers/castro/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/03/news/newsmakers/castro/index.htmBetting odds suggest Fidel Castro will die sooner rather than later, according to a report published Thursday.Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:24:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/08/02/castro.sister/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/08/02/castro.sister/index.htmlFidel Castro is still "very sick" but no longer in intensive care, and he is expected to recover and take back the reins of Cuba, his sister Juanita said in Florida on Wednesday.Wed, 02 Aug 2006 22:53:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/01/greenfield.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/01/greenfield.castro/index.htmlIf age and illness are in fact ending Fidel Castro's reign, then nature will have accomplished something that 10 American presidents have tried and failed to do through a remarkable history that stretches back almost half a century.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 20:51:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/01/lawmakers.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/01/lawmakers.castro/index.htmlThe White House said Tuesday that the administration has no plans to reach out to Raul Castro, who has temporarily replaced his brother, Cuban President Fidel Castro, due to health problems.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/08/01/us.cuba/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/08/01/us.cuba/index.htmlLong before Cuban President Fidel Castro's intestinal surgery, his latest foe in the White House was already preparing for the aftermath of his eventual death in the hemisphere's only communist state.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 08:28:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/08/01/cuba.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/08/01/cuba.castro/index.htmlFidel Castro's health situation is "stable" and he is in "good spirits," according to a message attributed to him and read on Cuban television Tuesday evening.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:32:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/07/31/raul.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/07/31/raul.castro/index.htmlSmaller, less of an ideologue and less charismatic than Fidel Castro, Raul Castro has nonetheless known for years that he was the man designated to take over from his older brother.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:00:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/07/31/cuba.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/07/31/cuba.castro/index.htmlCuban President Fidel Castro was undergoing intestinal surgery and provisionally handed over power in the Communist island nation to his younger brother Raul, according to a statement read on Cuban television Monday night.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:26:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/06/30/after.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/06/30/after.castro/index.htmlThe U.S. should have assistance in Cuba within weeks of President Fidel Castro's death to support a transitional government and help move the country toward democracy, a government report recommends.Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:45:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/09/05/katrina.cuba/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/09/05/katrina.cuba/index.htmlCuban President Fidel Castro told more than 1,500 doctors Sunday night that American officials had made "absolutely no response" to his offer to send them to the U.S. Gulf Coast to help victims of Hurricane Katrina.Mon, 05 Sep 2005 14:57:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/05/katrina.world.aid/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/09/05/katrina.world.aid/index.htmlCountries and international agencies -- including several coping with major adversities themselves -- have offered money and supplies to victims of Hurricane Katrina.Mon, 05 Sep 2005 11:21:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/03/katrina.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/03/katrina.castro/index.htmlCuban President Fidel Castro has offered to send help to the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.Sat, 03 Sep 2005 07:01:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/15/andrea.mitchell.tm/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/15/andrea.mitchell.tm/index.htmlArmed guards dragged NBC's chief foreign correspondent from a photo-op last month after she asked the President of Sudan a tough question.Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:43:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/12/tropical.weather/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/07/12/tropical.weather/index.htmlWith Tropical Storm Emily picking up steam in the Atlantic, hurricane warnings were issued across the Windward Islands, with forecasters saying the storm could rake the islands late Wednesday and enter the Caribbean.Tue, 12 Jul 2005 07:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/20/cuba.rally/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/20/cuba.rally/index.htmlIn what organizers called an unprecedented event, dissidents from groups opposed to Fidel Castro's communist regime gathered publicly Friday and chanted "Down with Fidel."Fri, 20 May 2005 15:16:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/17/posada.arrest/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/05/17/posada.arrest/index.htmlFederal agents arrested notorious Cuban exile leader Luis Posada Carriles near Miami Tuesday afternoon. He is reported to have been planning to leave the country.Tue, 17 May 2005 20:46:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/04/pope.castro/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/04/04/pope.castro/index.htmlCuban President Fidel Castro added his name Monday to the long list of Cubans who have signed a condolence book at the Vatican Embassy in Havana after the death of Pope John Paul II.Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:58:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/world.reax/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/world.reax/index.htmlWorld leaders have been paying tribute to Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday.Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:15:00 ESThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/10/21/Castro.concern/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/10/21/Castro.concern/index.htmlCuba's 78-year-old president walked offstage Wednesday after giving a speech to graduating art teachers when he tripped.Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:19:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/10/21/castro.fall/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/10/21/castro.fall/index.htmlPresident Fidel Castro broke his left knee and right arm in a fall Wednesday after giving a graduation speech in the central Cuban city of Santa Clara.Thu, 21 Oct 2004 05:47:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/07/05/showbuzz/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/07/05/showbuzz/index.htmlThe Cuban flag was hung from a balcony of the Dominican National Palace for the benefit of actor Andy Garcia.Mon, 05 Jul 2004 17:23:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/03/mexico.cuba/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/03/mexico.cuba/index.htmlMexico has recalled its ambassador to Cuba following a blistering May Day speech by the island nation's communist leader, Fidel Castro.Mon, 03 May 2004 05:35:00 EDThttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/01/30/castro.invasion/index.htmlhttp://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/01/30/castro.invasion/index.htmlCuban President Fidel Castro repeated Friday what has become a theme of his in the last few months -- that he would not take a possible U.S. invasion lying down.Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:21:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/13/232497/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/13/232497/index.htmProponents of the American embargo against Cuba argue as follows: By squeezing the Cuban economy enough, the U.S. government can make Cubans even poorer than Fidel Castro has managed to over the pa...Mon, 13 Oct 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/05/27/212873/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/05/27/212873/index.htmWhen the U.S. needs to negotiate with hostile governments for the release of political prisoners, the task usually falls to Bill Richardson, a seven-term Democratic Congressman from New Mexico. The...Mon, 27 May 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/04/06/76281/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/04/06/76281/index.htmCuba's real miracle? The fact that Fidel Castro is still hanging on. The economy is decaying rapidly without the prop of Soviet aid, and rumors persist that the dictator's health isn't much better....Mon, 06 Apr 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/08/26/75403/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/08/26/75403/index.htmTHE FEUD that has trapped the U.S. and Cuba in a time warp for a whole generation is living its last days. On one side of the Gulf Stream sits the 32-year-old regime of Fidel Castro still pretendin...Mon, 26 Aug 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/04/09/73388/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/04/09/73388/index.htm) If you're looking for such classics as a 1959 Cadillac, a 1951 Olds Super 88, or any fin-tail De Soto, Cuba is a good place to go. Barred from buying U.S. cars since the 1962 embargo, owners have...Mon, 09 Apr 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/17/69415/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/17/69415/index.htmIn which your correspondent, egged on by hardly anybody, resumes his still unexplained habit of windily propounding questions guaranteed to remain unanswered. -- How could the mighty American media...Mon, 17 Aug 1987 04:01:00 EDT