Here’s a look at the life of Fidel Castro, former leader of Cuba.PersonalBirth date: August 13, 1926 Death date: ...

October 16, 1953 – Castro is sentenced to 15 years in prison. May 15, 1955 – Fidel and Raul Castro are released as part of a general amnesty for political prisoners. They go into exile in Mexico.

A huge rally with hundreds of thousands in attendance followed at Revolution Square on Tuesday evening, with speakers including Raul Castro, Rafael Correa and Jacob Zuma.The procession of Fidel’s ...

His father served in the Cuban congress, as did a grandfather and an uncle, and held an appointment under President Fulgencio Batista before Fidel Castro toppled the U.S.-backed government in the ...

Fidel Castro Ruz was born Aug. 13 ... Most of his comrades were killed and Fidel and his brother Raul went to prison. Fidel turned his trial defense into a manifesto that he smuggled out of ...

President Raul Castro reaffirmed the Cuban people’s commitment to the revolution, exclaiming: “Fidel, Fidel, ever onward to victory! “Let us swear to defend the homeland and socialism,” he said. He ...

ending long era in Cuba Raul Castro says he is resigning as head of Cuba's Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution.

But Fidel Castro died in November and Raul Castro, after just over a decade in power, has said he will step aside in February 2018. Raul Castro has cautiously opened Cuba's state-run economy and ...