In the tense moments after Fidel Castro’s recent fainting spell, Cuba’s foreign minister took the microphone to calm the crowd. He signed off with the words, “Viva Raul!” and then, “Viva ...

The perception in Cuba of Fidel’s abiding presence behind the throne has been a key to Raúl’s steady hand in weathering frustrations at home—Cubans were livid, for example, at his ...

Fidel Castro, the young anti-Batista guerrilla leader (center), is seen with his brother, Raul Castro (left), and Camilo Cienfuegos (right) while operating in the Mountains of Eastern Cuba on ...

On July 31, 2006, Fidel Castro, gravely ill, underwent emergency surgery and nearly died. He has been recuperating ever since. The day of the surgery, national radio and TV broadcast Fidel’s ...

With Fidel Castro’s passing, Raul Castro’s declaration that he will leave office on Feb. 24, 2018 and the irreversible march of time, Cuba is expected to be led by someone who did not fight in ...

The emotional trauma that Fidel and Raul Castro have cruelly imposed on generations of Cubans and their children cannot be easily explained. Families have been torn apart. Dreams have been quashed.

Cuban President Raul Castro has proved far more pragmatic than his late brother Fidel, ushering in a gradual opening on the communist island and a historic thaw with the United States. Now, he ...

Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president on Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel but leaving the island's communist system unshaken. In a surprise move, an old guard ...

Cuban President Raul Castro has been named to a new five-year term but says this will be his last. Parliament has named as his vice president 52-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel, the highest-ranking ...

But with the death of Fidel Castro in 2016 and the resignation of Raul Castro in 2018, the revolutionary fervor has been reduced to an ideological standstill. A woman buys fruit in Havana, Cuba ...

Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president on Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel but leaving the island's communist system unshaken.

Castro, a young lawyer, is allowed to defend himself. At the trial, he utters what will become one of his most often quoted statements: “History will absolve me.” May. 1, 1955 ...