As the world alternately mourns or celebrates the passing of one of the most dynamic and controversial leaders of the 20th century, Fidel Castro's legacy is memorialized in his famous words, History ...

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008.

Fidel Castro survived no fewer than 634 attempts on his life, according to his former secret service chief. Whether that figure is accurate or not, Cuba's iconic dictator provided an almost-mythical ...

The Brazilian author of a Fidel Castro biography that the Cuban leader cooperated with says she had trouble processing the news of Castro's death at age 90. Claudia Furiati says, "I always thought I ...

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, an excerpt from a 1985 interview with Fidel Castro conducted by our own Robert MacNeil. During the conversation, Castro describes the origin of the Cuban ...

HAVANA (AP) - The latest on the death of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (all times local): 6:55 p.m. About 300 people have gathered outside the Cuban embassy in Mexico to mourn the death of Fidel ...

"No one owns the past, at least not until it is written," Fidel Castro shrewdly observes at the start of his faux "autobiography" - the deliciously wicked construct devised by Norberto Fuentes. "I've ...

About 300 people have gathered outside the Cuban embassy in Mexico to mourn the death of Fidel Castro. Chanting "Cuba Si, Yankee No!", the crowd carried white flowers and Cuban flags. Some left ...