In July 1953, Fidel Castro, a young lawyer, led 160 followers in an attack on an army barracks in Santiago, Cuba, to protest the rule of dictator Fulgencio Batista, who had seized power in a coup the ...

Today in Cuba, the government is marking the 50th anniversary of Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution. It was on January 1st 1959 that Castro's guerillas ousted U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista.

HAVANA (AP) - Fidel Castro's revolution was slowly dying - or so it seemed. Communism had collapsed in Europe, and Cuba's Soviet lifeline was severed. Food was in short supply. Power outages silenced ...

Readers: What's Cuban art doing in Daytona Beach? The answer goes back to before Fidel Castro. The Museum of Arts and Sciences is home to the 350-piece Cuban Foundation Collection, the core of it ...

Moncada was the second largest military garrison in Cuba. Although Castro's assault failed, it earned him recognition as a leader of the opposition against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. On March ...