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From Poison Tablets To Cigars: How CIA Tried To Assassinate Fidel Castro
The JFK documents also show how Castro's own network of double agents and supporters in Florida thwarted CIA operations and assisted in protecting the communist leader.
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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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"People Thought Arvind Kejriwal Was Che Guevara": Union Minister's Dig
Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday took a swipe at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal saying people believed him to be a great revolutionary like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in 2015 but now he was exposed.
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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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Fidel Castro's Crocodile Attacks Man During Party
A man was bitten by a crocodile that once belonged to Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The elderly man had been attending a private party at the Skansen Aquarium in Stockholm, Sweden, when the incident occurred.
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Man Who Inspired "Mission: Impossible" Could Have Killed Robert F Kennedy
Robert Maheu was such a colorful character that it's widely believed the television show "Mission: Impossible" was based on him and his private investigative agency. As an ex-FBI agent, the CIA asked him to handle jobs it wanted to steer clear of, such as lining up prostitutes for a foreign president or hiring the mafia to kill 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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As Vladimir Putin Wins Fourth Term As Russian President, A Look At The World's Longest-Serving Leaders
Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election on Sunday, giving him a fourth term that will take him to nearly a quarter-century as the head of state or government.
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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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Fidel Castro's Eldest Son 'Fidelito' Commits Suicide
The son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide on Thursday after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported.
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From Poison Tablets To Cigars: How CIA Tried To Assassinate Fidel Castro
The JFK documents also show how Castro's own network of double agents and supporters in Florida thwarted CIA operations and assisted in protecting the communist leader.
-
Fidel Castro's Sister Juanita, Who Was Recruited By US Intelligence Agency, Dies
Her cause of death has not been made public.
-
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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"People Thought Arvind Kejriwal Was Che Guevara": Union Minister's Dig
Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday took a swipe at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal saying people believed him to be a great revolutionary like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in 2015 but now he was exposed.
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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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Fidel Castro's Crocodile Attacks Man During Party
A man was bitten by a crocodile that once belonged to Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The elderly man had been attending a private party at the Skansen Aquarium in Stockholm, Sweden, when the incident occurred.
-
Man Who Inspired "Mission: Impossible" Could Have Killed Robert F Kennedy
Robert Maheu was such a colorful character that it's widely believed the television show "Mission: Impossible" was based on him and his private investigative agency. As an ex-FBI agent, the CIA asked him to handle jobs it wanted to steer clear of, such as lining up prostitutes for a foreign president or hiring the mafia to kill 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.
-
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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As Vladimir Putin Wins Fourth Term As Russian President, A Look At The World's Longest-Serving Leaders
Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election on Sunday, giving him a fourth term that will take him to nearly a quarter-century as the head of state or government.
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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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Fidel Castro's Eldest Son 'Fidelito' Commits Suicide
The son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide on Thursday after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported.
