As difficult as it was to gain control of Cuba in the late 1950s, Fidel Castro now faced a new set of challenges, one being how to maintain the island’s lucrative tourist industry. To paint the ...

HAVANA, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Fidel Castro took the blame for a wave of homophobia launched by his revolutionary government in the 1960s, but said it happened because he was distracted by other problems, ...

The United Nations General Assembly requests that delegates limit their addresses to 15 minutes. On 26 September 1960, Fidel Castro of Cuba remained on the rostrum for 269 minutes, making his address ...

University of Leeds historian Hall (1956: The World in Revolt) delivers a wide-ranging exploration of the 10 days that Cuban leader Fidel Castro spent in New York for the opening session of the 15th ...

The most significant quality of Fidel and Malcolm X is the documentation of the voices and perspectives of that era, which linked two oppressed peoples, both of whom courageously sought liberation ...

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