Re “Cubans wondering what comes next” (Page 1A, Nov. 27): Much will be said about Fidel Castro, that he was a tyrant, a murderer, a dictator, as the article states. But what is always missing ...
Although Castro's assault failed, it earned him recognition as a leader of the opposition against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. On March 10, 1952, Cubans had awakened to the news that ...
Running the show from behind the scenes were the same U.S. mobsters who bossed gambling for Batista. Castro was moved to action by the slump in the tourist trade and the angry demands of 2,000 ...
Forced into exile as a boy, the Florida Republican became a voice for democracy in his native Cuba and a committed champion of immigrants.
The property used to be a palace that housed some of the country's most corrupt presidents, including Batista. Once Castro came to power, he quickly turned it into the museum that it is today.
Batista became Cuba's strongman behind a succession ... That individual turned out to be a daring young lawyer named Fidel Castro. Even Castro -- a dynamic national figure following his failed ...
HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 15--Rebel leader Fidel Castro warned the United States sharply ... which have followed the fall of President Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship. The reported toll of the firing ...
It had been about three months since the revolution toppled U.S.-backed President Fulgencio Batista, and Castro’s anti-American speeches and alliances with the island’s leftists were less than ...
Rep. Carlos A. Gimenez, who represents the district closest to Cuba, returned to the island nation for the first time since ...
Summer: Batista's forces launch a last, unsuccessful push against a small guerrilla army led by Fidel castro and based in the mountains of the Sierra Maestra. January 1: Revolutionary leader ...