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 ...
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 ...
As the face of the Cuban revolution and the nation's president, Fidel Castro bestrode the world stage for half a century, ...
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 ...
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 ...