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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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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 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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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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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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No Statues For Fidel Castro, But His Image Is Everywhere
While Cuban President Raul Castro has promised that no monument will be erected in memory of Fidel, his brother's image has been plastered across state media since his death.
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Raul Castro, Stepping From Fidel Castro's Towering Shadow
Cuban President Raul Castro has proved far more pragmatic than his late brother Fidel, ushering in a gradual opening on the communist island and a historic thaw with the United States.
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Fidel Castro: Cuba's Revolutionary Communist Icon, In His Own Words
Cuba's Fidel Castro, who seized power in Cuba in a 1959 revolution and transformed the country into a communist state while ruling for five decades has died, Cuban television said on Saturday. He was 90.
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Cuba Old Guard Fidel Castro To Flank Raul Castro Until 2018
Fidel Castro appeared alongside brother Raul at a Communist party congress that ended Tuesday without sweeping leadership changes, leaving to another day the question of who will run Cuba when the old guard bows out.
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Raul Castro: The Revolutionary Who Made Peace
Cuban President Raul Castro has proved far more pragmatic than his brother, iconic revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, ushering in a historic thaw in relations with the United States while managing to preserve the communist regime.
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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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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 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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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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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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No Statues For Fidel Castro, But His Image Is Everywhere
While Cuban President Raul Castro has promised that no monument will be erected in memory of Fidel, his brother's image has been plastered across state media since his death.
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Raul Castro, Stepping From Fidel Castro's Towering Shadow
Cuban President Raul Castro has proved far more pragmatic than his late brother Fidel, ushering in a gradual opening on the communist island and a historic thaw with the United States.
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Fidel Castro: Cuba's Revolutionary Communist Icon, In His Own Words
Cuba's Fidel Castro, who seized power in Cuba in a 1959 revolution and transformed the country into a communist state while ruling for five decades has died, Cuban television said on Saturday. He was 90.
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Cuba Old Guard Fidel Castro To Flank Raul Castro Until 2018
Fidel Castro appeared alongside brother Raul at a Communist party congress that ended Tuesday without sweeping leadership changes, leaving to another day the question of who will run Cuba when the old guard bows out.
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Raul Castro: The Revolutionary Who Made Peace
Cuban President Raul Castro has proved far more pragmatic than his brother, iconic revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, ushering in a historic thaw in relations with the United States while managing to preserve the communist regime.
