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Cuba’s Castro steps down, says he’s handing power to next generation of ‘anti-imperialist’ leaders
Cuban Communist Party leader Raul Castro has announced that he is stepping down and handing leadership to a younger generation "full of passion and anti-imperialist spirit." The Castro family has led the party since 1961.
Apr 16, 2021 19:40
Cuban-born businessman Maximo Alvarez compares Joe Biden to Fidel Castro in RNC address
Maximo Alvarez, a Cuban-American businessman, told the Republican National Convention that the Democrats were emulating the ideas espoused by the communist government that his family had fled from when he was a boy.
Aug 25, 2020 07:13
‘There’s a lot we could learn from Mordor’ – Bernie Sanders slammed for saying not everything was bad under Fidel Castro
Fresh from being compared to Hitler, socialist senator Bernie Sanders is again deflecting criticism over his past admiration for communist revolutionaries. This time it’s America’s former public enemy number one, Fidel Castro.
Feb 24, 2020 15:31
Bay of Pigs, Cuba: CIA’s unlearned lesson in regime change
The looming end of the Castro era in Cuba coincides this week with the 57th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion – a failed attack by the CIA that greatly catalyzed the Castro approach to resisting American encroachment.
Apr 17, 2018 18:54
WATCH RT's last interview with late 'Fidelito' Castro, Fidel's eldest son
Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, the eldest son of Cuban revolution icon Fidel, took his own life after a battle with depression. Watch "Fidelito" talk about the fate of revolutions and revolutionaries, in this 'Worlds Apart' interview.
Feb 2, 2018 04:16
Fidel Castro's eldest son commits suicide
Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, the son of Cuba's revolutionary icon Fidel Castro has committed suicide after a battle with depression, Cuban state-run media has reported.
Feb 2, 2018 01:30
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