Almost 60 years ago, newly minted Cuban leader Fidel Castro visited the United Nations in New York, right after successfully overthrowing Cuba's authoritarian government. Castro's visit included an ...

Raúl Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership that began with his brother Fidel and the country’s 1959 revolution. The 89-year-old ...

Cuban leader Fidel Castro established the first communist state in the western hemisphere in 1959 and ruled Cuba for almost fifty years. As he is laid to rest today, we decided to dig through the 60 ...

HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro, who led his bearded rebels to victorious revolution in 1959, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half-century of rule in ...

The ashes of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro were carried Wednesday from the capital, Havana, at the start of a journey that reverses the route Castro took across the island after seizing power in ...

In April of 1959, just a few months after they’d taken control of Cuba, Fidel Castro and his younger brother Raul met at a Houston hotel for a showdown. Fidel was touring the U.S. to win support for ...

Marita Lorenz was just 19 when she met and fell in love with Fidel Castro. It was February 27, 1959. The Cuban revolution had just taken over. She sailed into Havana Harbor aboard the German ship her ...

The eldest son of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro took his own life Thursday while living on the island his father ruled as president for more than 40 years. Two Cuban government sources confirmed to ...