Castro

12 Asylum-Seekers Julián Castro Escorted To The U.S. Border Sent Back To Mexico

2:53pm October 08, 2019

The asylum-seekers, who were in Matamoros, Mexico, because of the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols policy, said they faced violence and harassment because they identify as LGBTQ.

A photo from 2002 shows Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart (right), with his father, Cuban leader Fidel Castro during the Havana Book Fair opening.

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Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, Oldest Son Of Cuban Leader, Takes His Own Life

11:00am February 02, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Known as "Fidelito" or "Little Castro," he largely stayed out of the limelight. Cuban state media says he was being treated for depression at the time of his death.

Cuban President Raúl Castro (left), Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés (center) and Cuban Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel sit side by side at the Artemisa Mausoleum monument in July 2014.

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Are Cuba's Communist Leaders Ready For Life Without Castro?

5:49pm April 16, 2016

by Carrie Kahn

Under a cloud of secrecy, the island's top leaders are gathering for a party meeting that may usher in the beginning of the post-Castro world.

Members of Danza Contemporánea de Cuba prepare for class in Havana in November 2015.

Dance, Dance, Revolution: When An American Fell In Love With Castro's Spy Chief

7:15pm March 18, 2016

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A fairy-tale romance between a dancer from Connecticut and a young Cuban studying at Columbia turned into a political thriller — and resulted in the unlikely birth of a new art form in Cuba.