The Discreet Terror of Fidel Castro

Vice Chairmen Mr. Fidel Coloma (Chile)

So what will become of Cuba after Fidel departs?

Fidel Castro's forces entered the capital on 8 January 1959.

The United States opposes Fidel Castro and his policies of repression.

In 1959, you have a revolution in Cuba led by Fidel Castro.

In Cuba, Fidel Castro s eventual passing from the scene represents an immense challenge.

Raúl and his military cronies, however, cornered Fidel and imposed their group s criteria.

Aristide's attacks led US conservatives to brand him as the next Fidel Castro.

It may not be widely known that Fidel is a very cultured man.

Egyptian blogger Zeinobia comments on the latest news regarding Cuba's strongman Fidel Castro's resignation.

Dima_Khatib Who would have thought that Fidel Castro would stay.. and Hugo Chavez would go ?

Mr. Fidel Moungar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Chad was escorted to the rostrum.

Mr. Fidel Moungar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Chad, was escorted from the rostrum.

The death watch for Fidel Castro is something that only Gabriel Garcia Marquez could get right.

Seeking to appease Jakarta, Philippines President General Fidel V. Ramos moved to ban all foreign delegates.

While Fidel wrote doctrinaire articles in the official press, the armed forces took over politics and production.

Mandela faced similar criticism from the West for his personal friendships with Fidel Castro and Muammar Gaddafi.

Fidel Castro knows this, and will take advantage of the democracies diluted commitment to human rights and democracy.

Fidel Castro knows what it will take to end the embargo reforms that will benefit the Cuban people.

He is not a big fan of Fidel Castro. But with that said, in hindsight, JFK did say this.

Naturally, they declare friendship with Fidel Castro and seek his embrace to prevent old comrades from accusing them of betraying their legacy.

The Cuban government, led by Fidel Castro after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, was at first neutral before turning itself towards Moscow.

But the democratic transitions in Eastern Europe made Fidel Castro wary, so the first opportunity for a similar transition in Cuba was lost.

Raúl replaced Fidel as President of the Councils of Ministers and of State, but not as First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party.

Even Fidel Castro now says that the only thing worse than being exploited by multinational capitalism is not being exploited by multinational capitalism.

In the context of the new Latin American left, Ortega resembles a shoddy imitation of Fidel Castro without the oil wealth of Hugo Chávez.

Chávez s connections with Cuba were an important factor in his choice of Maduro a Marxist tutored by Fidel and Raúl Castro as his heir.

And, of course, the US has had a standing immigration agreement since 1965 with a country most Americans would not imagine Fidel Castro s Cuba.

Fidel called on the United States to extend to illegal Cuban immigrants the same treatment that was accorded to those coming from other countries.

In 1953, Fidel Castro, in what is probably the best known speech in Latin American political history, proclaimed in court that history would absolve him.

President Fidel Castro Ruz has said that Cuba is willing to have this dangerous international terrorist tried by a Venezuelan court or by an international court.

And, in a scene worthy of the glory years of Stalinism, Raúl received the unanimous permission of Cuba s parliament to consult with Fidel on all major issues.

This spring marks the third anniversary of the wave of repression in which Fidel Castro s regime arrested and handed down long sentences to 75 leading Cuban dissidents.

For years, he has been accused of taking over where Fidel Castro left off supporting the rhetoric of radicalism and anti imperialism, if not revolution, throughout Latin America.

Espas Ayisyen Toulouse posted a long speech by Fidel Castro, who states his pride at the historical cooperation in the field of medical studies between Cuba and Haiti.

Doing so would give whomever he chooses an edge when Raúl, who is 76, passes on, and he and Fidel do not necessarily agree on who should come next.

On September 10, 1961, some months after Fidel Castro declared Cuba a socialist state, Costa Rican President Mario Echandi ended diplomatic relations with Cuba through Executive Decree Number 2 .

President Fidel Castro urged President Vicente Fox to ask the United States Head of State, George W. Bush, what he knows about the case of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.

But since Cuba has raised the issue, we would like to discuss the root of the problems the Cuban people face every day the failed policies of Fidel Castro.

Fidel Castro took 6 more days to arrive, as he stopped to rally support in several large cities on his way to rolling victoriously into Havana on January 8, 1959.

The emerging Uribe Lula Calderón troika has geo strategic influence because things have started to change in Cuba ever since Fidel Castro formally handed over the presidency to his brother, Raúl.

Since ill health forced Fidel Castro to retire from Cuba s leadership, Raúl has opened the doors to the military and pushed out even those civilians who had been his brother s trusted associates.

MEXICO CITY Fidel Castro s resignation from two of his three leadership posts, together with the appointment of his younger brother, Raúl, as his successor, marks the end of an era sort of.

The PRESIDENT (interpretation from French) I have great pleasure in welcoming the Prime Minister of the Republic of Chad, His Excellency Mr. Fidel Moungar, and inviting him to address the General Assembly.