Cuban political leader Fidel Castro (1926–2016) lived to the age of 90, a full life. After seizing power in January 1959, he overcame all assassination attempts by the U.S. CIA. Castro’s head of ...

In 1953, a young Fidel Castro was tried for his armed attack on the Moncada military barracks in Santiago de Cuba during the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. The attack was a dismal failure, though ...

(CNN) — The US Supreme Court agreed to wade into Cold War history Friday by granting an appeal from Exxon over the Cuban government’s confiscation of an oil refinery and other property Fidel Castro’s ...

How the polarizing Communist leader affected the world's view of the country. — -- For almost five decades, Communist revolutionary Fidel Castro ruled the island nation of Cuba and was a thorn in ...