You hear that often — Cubans who hate Batista are not necessarily in love with Castro. There is mistaken idea that if you talk or write about the regime’s terrorism you have to be for Castro.

Yet Castro is the one always vilified. Castro, while no saint, had a love of his people and his country at heart while Batista had contempt for the citizens of Cuba, whose only purpose was to make ...

Then, at the dawn of 1959, Castro and his crew won — and plans quickly changed. A History of Cuba-U.S. Relations in 13 TIME Covers Fulgencio Batista on the Apr. 26, 1937, cover of TIME TIME ...

Castro quickly consolidated power within Cuba, and early on had widespread support not only from his fellow countrymen, but also from many Americans who'd been opposed to Batista's dictatorship.

The death of Fidel Castro at age 90 prompted an outpouring of grief in his Cuban homeland on Saturday ... ousting U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista, Castro finally ceded rule in 2008 to ...

Fidel Castro, the bearded Cuban strongman who made the tiny nation into a thorn in the side of U.S. presidents for more than 50 years, has died. He was 90. With a shaking voice, his younger ...

1959: Castro, who was 32 years old at the time, announces that Manuel Urrutia Lleó will be the president of Cuba after the revolution topples Batista. Castro is cheered as he enters Havana, but ...

After Fidel Castro's death, new questions about Cuba's future 03:56. HAVANA, Cuba --Crowds are gathering in Havana’s Revolution Square for the beginning of a two-day memorial for Fidel Castro ...

Aug. 13, 1926: Born in Birán, in eastern Cuba, to a wealthy Spanish-born sugarcane planter. Oct. 12, 1948: Marries Mirta Diaz-Balart. They spend their honeymoon in the United States. 1950 ...