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Fidel Castro's Sister Juanita, Who Was Recruited By US Intelligence Agency, Dies
Her cause of death has not been made public.
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Far Cry 6 Is All About Cuba, but Yara Is Not Cuba
Far Cry 6 narrative director Navid Khavari, world director Benjamin Hall, game content director Omar Bouali, actor Alex Fernandez, writer-actor Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, and lead game designer David Grivel talk about how Cuba — from the guerrilla revolution and resolver philosophy — heavily inspired the new political Far Cry game. Far Cry 6 out O...
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US Planned To Assassinate Fidel Castro's Brother Raul In 1960: Declassified Documents
The CIA made its first known attempt to assassinate a leader of the Cuban revolution in 1960, offering $10,000 to a pilot flying Raul Castro from Prague to Havana to arrange an "accident," according to declassified documents published Friday.
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Manuel Marrero, Cuba's First Prime Minister In Over 40 Years
Cuba's first prime minister in more than four decades -- long-serving tourism minister Manuel Marrero -- took office Saturday as the country resurrected a post last held by Fidel Castro.
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Cuba Looks At Private Property, But Wary Of Ferrari-Driving Communists
In communist Cuba, the right to own private property would be enshrined and foreign investment encouraged - and "guaranteed." Where Fidel Castro reigned as a towering 20th-century figure, power would no longer be concentrated in the hands of one ruler.
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Cuba's Constitution To Open Path For Same-Sex Marriage
The draft of Cuba's new constitution opens the path to same-sex marriage, a government official said on Saturday, which would make the country that once persecuted homosexuals an unlikely leader in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.
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President Kovind Pays Tribute To Cuban Revolutionary Leader Fidel Castro
President Ram Nath Kovind has paid tribute to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in Santiago de Cuba, describing the late leader as a great friend of India who lent strength to the voice of developing countries in the international arena.
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Cuba Will Have First Non-Castro Leader After 59 Years, Miguel Diaz-Canel Set To Take Over
The Castro brothers' six-decade grip on power in Cuba approached its end Wednesday as the island's National Assembly named number two Miguel Diaz-Canel as the sole candidate for the presidency.
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Fidel Castro's Eldest Son, A Bookish Nuclear Scientist, Commits Suicide
They called him "Fidelito" - little Fidel - partly because he was the spitting image of his father, Fidel Castro, the late Cuban revolutionary.
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Cuba Marks Anniversary Of Fidel Death As Post-Castro Era Nears
Cuba marks the first anniversary of the death of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Saturday with a week of vigils nationwide, as the island embarks on a political cycle that will end 60 years of the Castro brothers' rule
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At 96, Cuban Ballet Legend Alicia Alonso Still Dancing Inside
She needs help sitting down, but no sooner has she done it than Alicia Alonso is tapping her foot three times and giving orders in a good-natured but authoritative tone.
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In UN Homage, India Says Fidel Castro Towered On The Global Stage
Paying tributes to Cuba's late leader Fidel Castro, India said Cubans under him have achieved notable success in areas like education and health despite "outside pressures" and Havana's "significant voice" for the cause of the Global South brought the two countriestogether.
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Cuba Cracks Down On Dissidents After Fidel Castro Death
Authorities across Cuba have cracked down on dissidents, arresting dozens, keeping others from marching in Havana, and detaining an American human rights lawyer, activists said Sunday.
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Cuba, US To Discuss Detente In wake Of Donald Trump Election
Cuba and the United States will draw up a roadmap for deepening their detente, the Cuban government said on Tuesday, in a first meeting since the election of Donald Trump as US president and the death of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro.
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Fidel Castro Laid To Rest In Private Ceremony In East Cuba
A wooden box containing Fidel Castro's ashes was placed by his brother and successor on Sunday into the side of a granite boulder that has become Cuba's only official monument to the charismatic bearded rebel who seized control of a US-allied Caribbean island and transformed it into a western outpost of Soviet-style communism that he ruled with abs...
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Fidel Castro's Sister Juanita, Who Was Recruited By US Intelligence Agency, Dies
Her cause of death has not been made public.
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Far Cry 6 Is All About Cuba, but Yara Is Not Cuba
Far Cry 6 narrative director Navid Khavari, world director Benjamin Hall, game content director Omar Bouali, actor Alex Fernandez, writer-actor Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, and lead game designer David Grivel talk about how Cuba — from the guerrilla revolution and resolver philosophy — heavily inspired the new political Far Cry game. Far Cry 6 out O...
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US Planned To Assassinate Fidel Castro's Brother Raul In 1960: Declassified Documents
The CIA made its first known attempt to assassinate a leader of the Cuban revolution in 1960, offering $10,000 to a pilot flying Raul Castro from Prague to Havana to arrange an "accident," according to declassified documents published Friday.
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Manuel Marrero, Cuba's First Prime Minister In Over 40 Years
Cuba's first prime minister in more than four decades -- long-serving tourism minister Manuel Marrero -- took office Saturday as the country resurrected a post last held by Fidel Castro.
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Cuba Looks At Private Property, But Wary Of Ferrari-Driving Communists
In communist Cuba, the right to own private property would be enshrined and foreign investment encouraged - and "guaranteed." Where Fidel Castro reigned as a towering 20th-century figure, power would no longer be concentrated in the hands of one ruler.
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Cuba's Constitution To Open Path For Same-Sex Marriage
The draft of Cuba's new constitution opens the path to same-sex marriage, a government official said on Saturday, which would make the country that once persecuted homosexuals an unlikely leader in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.
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President Kovind Pays Tribute To Cuban Revolutionary Leader Fidel Castro
President Ram Nath Kovind has paid tribute to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in Santiago de Cuba, describing the late leader as a great friend of India who lent strength to the voice of developing countries in the international arena.
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Cuba Will Have First Non-Castro Leader After 59 Years, Miguel Diaz-Canel Set To Take Over
The Castro brothers' six-decade grip on power in Cuba approached its end Wednesday as the island's National Assembly named number two Miguel Diaz-Canel as the sole candidate for the presidency.
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Fidel Castro's Eldest Son, A Bookish Nuclear Scientist, Commits Suicide
They called him "Fidelito" - little Fidel - partly because he was the spitting image of his father, Fidel Castro, the late Cuban revolutionary.
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Cuba Marks Anniversary Of Fidel Death As Post-Castro Era Nears
Cuba marks the first anniversary of the death of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Saturday with a week of vigils nationwide, as the island embarks on a political cycle that will end 60 years of the Castro brothers' rule
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At 96, Cuban Ballet Legend Alicia Alonso Still Dancing Inside
She needs help sitting down, but no sooner has she done it than Alicia Alonso is tapping her foot three times and giving orders in a good-natured but authoritative tone.
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In UN Homage, India Says Fidel Castro Towered On The Global Stage
Paying tributes to Cuba's late leader Fidel Castro, India said Cubans under him have achieved notable success in areas like education and health despite "outside pressures" and Havana's "significant voice" for the cause of the Global South brought the two countriestogether.
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Cuba Cracks Down On Dissidents After Fidel Castro Death
Authorities across Cuba have cracked down on dissidents, arresting dozens, keeping others from marching in Havana, and detaining an American human rights lawyer, activists said Sunday.
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Cuba, US To Discuss Detente In wake Of Donald Trump Election
Cuba and the United States will draw up a roadmap for deepening their detente, the Cuban government said on Tuesday, in a first meeting since the election of Donald Trump as US president and the death of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro.
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Fidel Castro Laid To Rest In Private Ceremony In East Cuba
A wooden box containing Fidel Castro's ashes was placed by his brother and successor on Sunday into the side of a granite boulder that has become Cuba's only official monument to the charismatic bearded rebel who seized control of a US-allied Caribbean island and transformed it into a western outpost of Soviet-style communism that he ruled with abs...
