-
NY Daily News
| over 1 year ago
Yesterday, believe it or not, marked the 50th anniversary of the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba...The centerpiece of what passes for a U.S. -Cuba policy, a stale left-over from the Cold War era, has not been a success story. In five decades, the...
-
Canadian Free Press
| over 1 year ago
Vatican officials, in the event of hearing Fidel Castro's confession, and accepting his contrition...Two of Italy's top newspapers are reporting that Fidel Castro will avail himself of the visit to confess his sins and be accepted back into The...
-
Newyork Times
| over 1 year ago
The world is much changed since the early days of 1962, but one thing has remained constant: The United States' economic embargo on Cuba , a near-total trade ban that turned 50 on Tuesday. Supporters say it is a justified measure against a repressive...
-
Bookforum
| over 1 year ago
Mimi Alford was nineteen years old when she started interning at the JFK White House in 1962. Four days into the internship, she went swimming with the president, and later that day, Kennedy took her virginity in Mrs. Kennedy's room. This is one of...
-
United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Cuban President Fidel Castro, shown in this file photograph, turned 75 on August 13, 2001. This photograph was taken on December 14, 1995 in Vancouver, Canada. .mk/mk/H. Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Former Cuban President Fidel Castro made a rare public...
-
Russia Today
| over 1 year ago
Is the Republican Party's pool of contenders not leaving enough of a choice this election year?...The book, which shines a light on the early life of the leader of the Cuban Revolution, is tipped to become a bestseller. The book, titled Fidel Castro...
-
The Guardian
| over 1 year ago
Associated Press Fidel Castro, left, with Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara in the early days of their guerrilla campaign in the mid-1950s. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs.
-
United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro appeared in fine fettle when he presented his 1,000-page memoir to a select audience in Havana. Castro, 85, wearing a dark track suit over a plaid shirt, smiled and gestured animatedly as he spent 6 hours talking...
-
The Courier-Mail
| over 1 year ago
Cuban leader Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in 10 months at a ceremony to launch his two-volume memoir Time Guerrilla, Cuban media have reported. The memoir traces Castro's life from infancy until 1958, when he led a...
-
BBC
| over 1 year ago
Fidel Castro launches memoirs 4 February 2012 Last updated at 23:37 ET Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs. The book, Guerrilla of Time, is almost 1,000 pages long and relates his childhood and...
-
CNN
| over 1 year ago
In a six-hour presentation Friday, the leader of the Cuban Revolution and former president was jovial as he spoke about the 1,000-page work, the Granma newspaper reported. Castro, 85, spoke together with a panel of cultural and literary officials at...
-
International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Articles Sanchez, who runs the popular G eneracion Y blog, was seeking permission to visit Brazil in order to see a documentary about press freedoms in Cuba . After the Brazilian government issued her a visa last month, her hopes were raised only to...
-
San Diego Union-Tribune
| over 1 year ago
Venezuela Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the failed coup attempt that launched his political career. Chavez presided over a military parade alongside Cuban President Raul Castro and Bolivian President Evo...
-
AP Online
| over 1 year ago
Fidel Castro has made a rare appearance to present a two-volume memoir.
Communist Party newspaper Granma says the encounter with the former leader lasted more than six hours at a Havana convention center.
Images on state...
