ARTICLES RELATING TO FIDEL CASTRO

Venezuela signs $1bn agreement with Cuba

2013-04-29 14:10

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has wrapped up a two-day visit to Cuba in which the two allies reaffirmed their strategic alliance, signing $1bn in co-operation agreements.

Fidel Castro near tears over Chavez on TV

2013-04-12 09:01

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has been shown on Cuban TV looking near tears as he listened to a song about his friend and ally, the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

Capriles vows to end 'giveaways' to Cuba

2013-03-19 10:00

Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles has vowed to end the nation's shipments of oil to Cuba, slamming acting President Nicolas Maduro as a puppet of Havana.

Chavez lies in state for farewell

2013-03-07 08:10

Venezuelans have filed past the open casket of late President Hugo Chavez as he lies in state after throngs of weeping loyalists gave the firebrand leftist a rousing farewell on the streets.

Chavez a 'true son' to Cuba's Fidel

2013-03-06 10:02

Cuba has declared three days of national mourning after the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Communist nation's closest regional ally and main economic support.

Tepid response over Castro retirement

2013-02-26 10:03

Cuban-Americans in Miami have reacted with a collective shrug over the news that Raul Castro plans to retire from Cuba's presidency within five years.

Castro meets US lawmakers in Cuba

2013-02-20 11:04

President Raul Castro has welcomed a delegation of US lawmakers, the first to come to Communist Cuba since US President Barack Obama's re-election, state media reports.

Castro makes surprise appearance in Cuba

2013-02-04 10:10

Cuban leader Fidel Castro has made a surprise appearance in Havana to vote in parliamentary polls, expressing confidence in the revolution despite a decades-long US trade embargo.

'Fit' Fidel Castro appears in public

2012-10-22 10:21

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has reappeared in public, meeting at a Havana hotel with a Venezuelan politician - squashing swelling rumours that the former leader was on his death bed.

Fidel Castro statement issued amid rumours

2012-10-18 09:42

The first public statement in almost four months from Fidel Castro has appeared in Cuba's state media, as rumours persist about the 86-year-old revolutionary icon's health.

Romney slams US visa for Castro daughter

2012-05-23 12:01

Republican Mitt Romney says he is "greatly disturbed" that President Barack Obama's administration has granted a visitor's visa to the daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro.

Fidel Castro condemns fracking

2012-01-06 20:08

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro says the world was on an "inexorable march toward the abyss," which he blamed in part on the discovery and exploitation of vast reserves of so-called "shale gas" around the world.

Cuba slams Twitter for Fidel death rumour

2012-01-05 10:00

State media has accused the social networking site Twitter of helping spread a rumour that former Cuban leader Fidel Castro had died.

Cuba hails Fidel Castro's 85th birthday

2011-08-13 20:09

Cuban artists, media, youths and even transgender activists have paid tribute to revolutionary icon Fidel Castro as he turned 85 after ill health led him to cede power five years ago.

Chavez will beat cancer: Fidel

2011-07-04 11:02

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has expressed confidence that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will achieve a "big victory" in his battle against cancer.

Raul Castro takes over in Cuba

2011-04-19 22:18

Raul Castro ha been named first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party, with his aging brother Fidel not included in the leadership for the first time since the party's creation 46 years ago.

Castro quit as party chief 5 years ago

2011-03-22 20:01

Fidel Castro says he resigned five years ago from all his official positions, including head of Cuba's Communist Party.

Fidel 'happy' with direction of Cuba

2010-11-19 09:18

Fidel Castro says he is happy with the direction Cuba is taking under the leadership of his brother Raul.

Fidel: 1st public speech in 4 yrs

2010-09-03 20:16

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has made his first speech before the Cuban public since falling ill in 2006, warning of the threat of nuclear war.

Fidel Castro in public again

2010-07-16 09:42

After four years of near total seclusion, Fidel Castro has popping up everywhere - most recently at Cuba's National Aquarium.

Cuban hunger striker near death

2010-07-06 14:07

Cuban hunger striker Guillermo Farinas has said in an online statement that he is near death and that, should he die, the Castro brothers will be responsible.

Castro blasts climate deal

2009-12-20 22:08

Fidel Castro says an agreement forged at the UN climate conference in Copenhagen is "undemocratic" and calls President Barack Obama's speech there "misleading".

Obama 'weak' on climate

2009-12-10 10:29

Veteran Cuban leader Fidel Castro has lashed out at Barack Obama's climate policies, accusing the US president of not fighting the "oligarchy of irresponsibly" who are opposing change.

Castro book in 'bad taste'

2009-11-03 15:20

An official Cuban publication has dismissed as "a bad taste commercial operation" a memoir by the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro.

'Right-wingers' fight Obama

2009-08-25 10:33

President Barack Obama is trying to make positive change, but is being fought by racist right-wingers, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro says.

 

US won't allow Castro's daughter to visit

2013-04-26 10:01

The daughter of Cuba President Raul Castro cannot visit Philadelphia to receive an award because the State Department has denied her permission to travel there, officials say.

Castro urges calm in North Korean crisis

2013-04-05 20:35

Communist icon Fidel Castro has called on North Korea and the US to avoid confrontation and reminded both sides of their "duties" towards peace.

Chavez death: Cuba has lost 'best friend'

2013-03-11 16:25

Cuba's Fidel Castro has praised the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a champion of the poor and has said Cubans have lost their best friend ever.

Latin leaders mourn Chavez

2013-03-06 11:01

Latin America has mourned the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as the United States expressed hope his passing would lead to improved relations with the oil-rich state.

Death of Chavez leaves leftist void

2013-03-06 10:02

The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has left a large void in the leftist leadership of Latin America and has raised questions about whether the oil largesse he spread would continue.

Castro picks 'young' heir

2013-02-25 09:02

Cuban President Raul Castro has won re-election in what will be his last term, and finally unveiled a 52-year-old political heir to take the regime into the future.

Chavez back home after cancer surgery

2013-02-18 16:14

President Hugo Chavez has shocked and delighted Venezuelans by returning home after spending more than two months in Cuba for cancer surgery and treatment.

Historic Castro photographer dies

2013-01-07 17:50

Enrique Meneses, the Spanish journalist who scored a historic scoop photographing Fidel Castro and his rebels in the Cuban mountains during their revolution, has died aged 83.

Castro rumour mill continues to churn

2012-10-20 07:32

The rumour mill surrounding the health of Fidel Castro is churning anew despite a letter from the aging Cuban revolutionary published by state media and denials by relatives that he is on death's door.

Fidel Castro fine, son says

2012-10-12 22:12

As Fidel Castro's long public absence set rumors swirling, son says he's just fine

Post-surgery recovery 'rough' for Chavez

2012-03-07 14:03

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his first week after undergoing cancer surgery was a bit difficult but that he is recovering smoothly.

Fidel Castro warns of climate change

2012-01-06 14:31

Cuba’s iconic revolutionary Fidel Castro has warned that the world is on an "inexorable" march into the abyss this year because of climate change and the threat of nuclear war.

Obama 'always' ready to change Cuba policy

2011-09-29 09:40

US President Barack Obama says he would always be ready to change tough policy towards Cuba, but needs evidence from the communist state it is ready to reform.

Chavez sure to run in 2012 vote: Aid

2011-07-19 12:14

An aide to Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez says there is no doubt the president will run for re-election next year despite his struggle with cancer.

Chavez says surgery removed tumour

2011-07-01 10:01

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has told his countrymen he has undergone surgery in Cuba to remove a cancerous tumour but is recovering.

Castro explains quitting comments

2011-03-23 18:30

Fidel Castro has sought to explain his peculiar revelation that he has not been in charge of Cuba's Communist Party for the past five years - a role he was thought to still hold.

Cuba criticises 'eased' US restrictions

2011-01-17 14:06

Cuba has criticised a US move easing restrictions on travel and remittances to the island as "very limited", and said it would keep a decades-old trade embargo intact.

Castro: Israel has right to exist

2010-09-23 12:28

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has told a reporter that Israel has the right to exist and that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was wrong to deny the Holocaust.

Castro unveils new book

2010-08-03 14:02

Fidel Castro has presented his new book at a closed-door ceremony, a work he says details a major military victory that sped his rise to power in 1959.

New photos of smiling Castro

2010-07-11 14:33

New photographs of a smiling, tracksuit-clad Fidel Castro greeting workers at a scientific think tank have been published.

Lula, Fidel Castro meet

2010-02-25 10:37

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have held an “emotional” meeting, Cuban reports say.

Castro slams Obama

2009-12-15 18:21

Fidel Castro says President Barack Obama's "friendly smile and African-American face" are hiding Washington's sinister intentions for Latin America.

Cloud-seeding to battle drought

2009-11-29 18:11

Hugo Chavez says he is going out to "bomb" clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought.

Castro congratulates Obama

2009-10-10 16:05

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has lauded the of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama, calling it a "positive" measure.

Castro looking healthier

2009-08-24 08:49

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has appeared on TV for the first time since June 2008, meeting with a group of students.

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