By Brian Wagner Miami 19 February 2008 Fidel Castro has retired as Cuba's president, ending his 49-year rule of the Caribbean nation. After taking power in a coup in 1959, Mr. Castro built a Communist government that survived a U.S.-backed invasion,...
By Doug Levine Washington 21 January 2008 San Francisco, California is one of America's premier rock and roll towns, once home to such legendary groups as The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. But, as VOA's Doug Levine tells us, the Bay Area also...
By Brian Wagner Miami 18 December 2007 Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in a letter read on national television he does not want to stay in power forever, suggesting he may retire from leadership. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports the comment...
By Brian Wagner Miami 26 July 2007 Cuba's acting president, Raul Castro, Thursday led celebrations marking a 1953 rebel attack that helped launch the Cuban revolution. In Miami, VOA's Brian Wagner reports it was the first time in decades the ceremoni...
By Michael Bowman Washington, DC 30 January 2007 watch Chavez Mantle report For nearly 50 years, Cuban President Fidel Castro has been Latin America's best-known leftist revolutionary. Who will wear the revolutionary mantle in the post-Castro era? M...
By Sean Maroney Washington 02 December 2006 Cuban President Fidel Castro failed to attend a military parade held in honor of his 80th birthday, increasing speculation about his health. Cuban tanks are seen during a military parade along the Revoluti...
By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 04 August 2006 As Cuban exiles in Miami continue to debate about the condition of Cuban President Fidel Castro, his sister, Juanita Castro, who fled her brother's regime more than four decades ago, said the Cuban leader is v...
By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 02 August 2006 The Cuban government has released a statement from President Fidel Castro saying his heath is stable and he is in good spirits after intestinal surgery. News of the president's ill health has sparked big celeb...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 02 August 2006 watch Castro Health report For the first time in nearly 48 years, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has relinquished absolute power as president of the communist nation. Castro's faltering health forced the...
By Bill Rodgers Washington 01 August 2006 Fidel Castro Ruz was born August 13, 1926, on a sugar plantation in eastern Cuba, the son of a Spanish immigrant landholder and a household servant. An intellectually gifted student, he attended Jesuit schoo...