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Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro talks with former US President Jimmy Carter during a meeting in Havana on March 30. By Sara Miller Llana, Staff writer / April 19, 2011 Cubans could face an economic and political shakeup today, when details of reforms ...
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How a group of Cuban exiles set out to topple Fidel Castro
Bellingham Herald
Yet survivors of the Brigade's assault today recall the three
days of fighting and 20 months in Castro's appalling prisons as a heroic moment for them and a luminous moment in Cuba's struggle for democracy. The brigadistas landed in the predawn ...
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Fidel Castro makes appearance at Party Congress
Forbes
AP , 04.19.11, 10:17 AM EDT HAVANA -- Fidel Castro has made a surprise appearance at a Communist Party Congress in the Cuban capital of Havana, earning a thunderous applause from the crowd. Many of the delegates could be seen crying as he was helped to ...
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Hugo Chávez Highlights Transcendence of the Cuban Communists Congress
Radio Cadena Agramonet
Camagüey, Cuba, Apr 19.- Presence of Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz and election of Raúl Castro Ruz like First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC), characterized beginning of closing session of VI Congress of this political organization, ...
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Raul Castro, Machado elected top Cuba party chiefs
Zee News
The choice of Castro, 79, who replaces his older brother Fidel Castro as First Secretary of the ruling party's Central Committee, was expected. But the appointment of party stalwart Machado Ventura, 80, as Second Secretary was likely to disappoint many ...
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Wikicollecting.org - 5 most expensive items of Fidel Castro memorabilia
News-antique.com (press release)
Castro's is one of the top 40 most sought after autographs according to the PFC40 Autograph Index and his signed photos have increased in value by 807.7% in the last 10 years. A photograph album titled "Academia De Ciencias De Cuba - Fotografias" which ...
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Playa Giron: Beyond its Historical Moment in Cuba
Solvisión
There was no surprise at the funeral for the victims of the bombings when Fidel Castro warned of the imminent threat of an invasion and proclaimed the socialist nature of the Revolution. Fidel's statements on Apr. 16, 1961 are still valid today: "What ...
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Raul Castro named 1st secretary of Cuba's Communist Party, Fidel not included ...
Washington Post
By AP, Tuesday, April 19, 10:31 AM HAVANA — Raul Castro named first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party, Fidel not included in leadership for 1st time. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, ...
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News of the world in pictures
Seattle Post Intelligencer
A new generation of leaders must act decisively and without hesitation to correct the errors of the past and lead the island once those who fought in the 1959 revolution are gone, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro said in a column published Monday. ...
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Bay of Pigs: Alabama pilots, disavowed by US, finally getting recognition
Montgomery Advertiser
Upon crash landing in Cuba, Baker was killed by Cuban gunfire, and Ray was fatally shot in the head by Fernando Mel, Castro's field commander. Jay M. Glass, retired Jefferson County chief deputy coroner, said "this information, plus the autopsy ...
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Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment:
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And security forces today stormed an occupied square. HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro has been named first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party, with his aging brother Fidel not included in the party's leadership for the first time since its creation more ...
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100, 75, 50 Years Ago
New York Times
Prime Minister Fidel Castro's forces tonight [April 19] appeared to have wiped out the rebel beachhead established three days ago on Cuba's southern coastline, 90 miles from Havana. The Cuban radio predicted the little war would be over in a matter of ...
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Daughter worked to find truth about father's death
Montgomery Advertiser
Pete Ray was recruited to train Cuban expatriate pilots in preparation for an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. On the third day of fighting, the Cubans were exhausted; a CIA commander agreed to let seven of the guardsmen, including Ray, ...
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Obamas pay $453770 on $1.7M income
Detroit Free Press
President Raúl Castro is widely believed to be in line to take over the top spot from his brother Fidel Castro, though there has been speculation a younger politician might get the No. 2 spot. The gathering was called to set a new course for Cuba's ...
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Cuba's young radicals aim to reinvent the island's politics
The Guardian
Cubans have lost their motivation; society is fragmented, with no sense of direction." The Observatorio feels close to the global justice movement. "There is no point in changing the government of Fidel or Raúl Castro, unless we too can change," says ...
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The Guardian
Q&A with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
PBS
Cuba is a slam dunk. Everybody wants to know what's going on in Cuba. And Fidel Castro, two years after he had his revolution in 1959, he announced that racism had been eliminated in Cuba. And Cuba got almost 800000 slaves — far more than the United ...
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Tip led reporter to widows; payouts revealed
Montgomery Advertiser
It was nearing the fifth anniversary of the dis astrous US-inspired invasion of Cuba to overthrow Fidel Castro and the focus, in part, was on four Americans killed in the botched effort. Not much had been said about the widows of the four men ...
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Controversial Play to Be Staged Without Star
The Mark
Fidel Castro resigns as first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party just as his brother, Raul, prepares to liberalize the country. Fidel Castro formally resigned as first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party, a position he has held for more than 50 years, ...
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Fidel Castro resigns from Cuba party leadership
Brisbane Times
Fidel Castro confirmed he had resigned from the top leadership of the Cuba Communist Party in an article published on Tuesday, after the party approved a raft of economic reforms. "Raul knew that I would not accept a formal role in the party today," ...
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Something Mrs Simpson Miller can learn from Cuba's Raul Castro
Jamaica Observer
It is obvious that President Raul Castro and his retired brother Fidel have accepted the fact that they need to have a succession plan in place for Cuba. Hopefully, they will see the wisdom of tapping a younger politician who will continue and expand ...
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Raul Castro, Machado Ventura to lead Cuba's Communist Party
CNN International
But he also said Cuba's leadership had failed to prepare a younger generation to take over, leaving the country without "a reserve of substitutes who were adequately prepared." Last month, Fidel Castro took Cubans by surprise when he announced that he ...
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Looking Back in Fairbanks — April 19
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
April 19, 1961 — Invasion forces have linked up with guerrillas in the Escambray Mountains of central Cuba and completed the first phase of their drive to topple Fidel Castro, Cuban exiles reported today. Rebel planes struck at Havana and Cuban air ...
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Not much NATO can do...Raul Castro's plans...Advance for wind farm
9&10 News
He was named first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party today. And for the first time since the party was created, his aging brother Fidel was formally removed from the leadership. WASHINGTON (AP) — Critics say it's a political move. ...
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On Che's Trail
Dissident Voice
Nevertheless, he had his son pass a letter to the Santa Cruz largest daily, “El Deber”, in which he, the killer of Che, expressed gratitude to Fidel Castro because Cuban doctors had restored his eyesight. Mario Terán had told “Paris Match”, in 1977, ...
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Live! England's Flower in running for India coach?
Rediff
Meanwhile, Fidel Castro confirmed he had resigned from the top leadership of the Cuba Communist Party. "Raul knew that I would not accept a formal role in the party today," Castro said in an article on the Cubadebate.cu portal, referring to his brother ...
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Cuban communists to announce new party leadership
Vancouver Sun
Former President Fidel Castro, 84, who had already said he had relinquished the first secretary position five years ago, made clear he would not accept any party post. Cuba's highest political body and only legal political party on Monday selected its ...
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POSADA : PROTECTING A TERRORIST.
Just International
In 1997 he was the principal agent behind a series of bombing incidents, manipulated by the CIA, that targeted tourist facilities in Cuba. He was also actively involved in a conspiracy to assassinate the then Cuban President, Fidel Castro, ...
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Jeff Flake gets frosted
FavStocks
Now, in a fascinating move, Raul Castro, who took over control from his ailing brother Fidel in 2008, has proposed term limits for Cuban politicians. Castro, speaking to delegates at the Communist Party summit said he would launch a “systematic ...
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“Raul knew that I would not accept a formal role in the party today,” Castro said in an article on the Cubadebate.cu portal, referring to his brother Raul and his own absence from the party's new Central Committee, elected on Monday. Castro, 84, had served as first secretary in the Central ... Other Latest News ...
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Cuba Lays Foundation for a Leader Whose Last Name Is Not Castro
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD HAVANA — Cuba made the most significant change to its ... With Fidel Castro looking on but silent, dressed in a blue warm-up suit ...
www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/world/americas/20cuba.html
How a group of Cuban exiles set out to topple Fidel Castro
The most direct and powerful US bid to topple Fidel Castro began amid rosy ... Yet survivors of the Brigade's assault today recall the three days of ...
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Cuba angry about acquittal of militant Cuban ex-CIA operative
A jury's acquittal last week of a militant Cuban who once worked as a CIA asset in the agency's struggle to topple former President Fidel Castro has ...
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Fidel Castro resigns as leader of Cuba | News.com.au
FIDEL Castro confirmed he had resigned from the top leadership of the Cuba Communist Party in an article published today, after the party approved a raft of ...
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BBC News - Fidel Castro at Cuba congress alongside Raul
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro appears publicly with younger brother Raul for the first time since handing over power to him five years ago.
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Though Fidel Castro Has Stepped Aside, Cuba's Old Guard Remains In ...
Hourly News Summary. [4 min 45 sec]. Latest NPR Newscast ... Fidel Castro, left, and his brother Raul at today's Communist Party Congress in Havana. ...
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Fidel Castro officially exits Cuban government - World - CBC News
Raul Castro is named first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party, with his aging brother Fidel not included in the leadership for the first time since the ...
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Fidel Castro: New leaders must fix Cuba's economy - USATODAY.com
A new generation of leaders must act decisively and without hesitation to correct the errors of the past and lead the island once those who fought in the ...
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