On assignment for U.P.I. in Cuba, he learned of the U.S.- backed effort to overthrow Fidel Castro and was imprisoned. He ...

For nearly a century, Miami’s Freedom Tower has stood as a silent witness to the city’s transformation — from a media hub to ...

MIAMI — Fidel Castro didn't meet with President Obama during his visit to the island last week, but the retired Cuban leader responded Monday with a long, testy letter that concluded: ...

The Henderson City Council will discuss at its next meeting a $595,000 settlement with a man — a decorated Navy veteran with ...

Fidel's rule: Popular overseas, a 'disaster' at home. One of Castro’s first pronouncements upon taking control of Cuba was that all citizens would have free access to education and health care.

Fidel Castro watches Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez and Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko on a television transmission during the Soyuz 38 space mission in Havana, September 1980.

Then-Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro smokes a cigar during interviews with the press during a visit of U.S. Senator George McGovern in Havana in this May 1975 file photo.

"Fidel began to be that father like all who start off as as fathers, but the difficult thing is for a father to become a friend without ceasing to be a father," Gonzalez, now 22, told Cuban state ...

There's so much about Fidel Castro that we're going to miss when he's gone, and that moment, it seems, is not far off. As Cuba braces itself for its first leadership change for nearly 50 years, ...

HAVANA, Cuba— -- Minutes after state television announced the death of former Cuban president Fidel Castro, concert halls shut down late night activities and young Cubans flooded the streets ...

Fidel Castro’s anti-assassination cigar box is expected to fetch thousands at an auction later this month.. Several items from among the long-time Cuban leader’s personal effects are to go ...