Castro says U.S.-Mafia assassin had little chance
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Convalescing Cuban President Fidel Castro said on Sunday the man the United States and Mafia contracted to poison him in the early 1960s would not have been able to get close enough to him to be successful.
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Fidel Castro did not make an appearance at the inauguration of an oil refinery, as had been speculated.
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US lawmakers back from a trip to Cuba said officials there had insisted Fidel Castro was not dying, and that his brother Raul Castro is not Havana's new leader.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro's long absence from public view has fueled wild rumors among his exiled opponents in Miami in recent weeks that he is dead, even one that Russian embalmers were at work preserving his body.
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Cuban leader accuses US of spreading disinformation about attacks.
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Cuban Defense Minister Raul Castro  warned the United States on Tuesday not to repeat its mistakes  in Vietnam and Iraq by invading Cuba because its armed forces  and civilian population were ready to resist.
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Ailing leader Fidel Castro said in a letter read on state television Monday that he does not intend to cling to power forever or stand in the way of a younger generation, but invoked the example of a renowned Brazilian architect who is still working at 100.
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NEWPORT, R.I., June 28 -- President Bush openly anticipated the death of ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro today, picturing it as an opportunity to bring freedom to the Caribbean island after nearly a half century of iron-fisted rule by the fiery Communist leader.
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A senior Cuban official said on Tuesday that Fidel Castro is recovering "very well" but gave no indication when, or if, Cuba's ailing leader might return to public life.
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Cuba's ailing leader, Fidel Castro, says he does not want to 'cling' to power
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It wasn't the Bay of Pigs invasion or the U.S. embargo against Cuba that turned Fidel Castro against the United States. He was in the anti-American camp long beforehand.
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A journalist killed last week apparently was not the main target of the attack, authorities said Monday.
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Many said they expected Cubaâs communist system to stay unchanged under Mr. Castroâs brother RaÃºl.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he will not return to lead the country as president, retiring as head of state 49 years after he seized power in an armed revolution.
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Havana (VNA) - Cuban President Fidel Castro on Tuesday again affirmed that socialism is the only hope for peace and the existence of humankind.
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NEWPORT, R.I., June 28 -- President Bush on Thursday openly anticipated the death of ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro, picturing it as an opportunity to bring freedom to the Caribbean island after nearly half a century of iron-fisted rule by the fiery communist leader.
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The deterioration of President Fidel Castro's health has been accompanied by the rise of hardline elements to key positions in Cuba, leaving no possibility for democratic reformers to surface, a senior State Department official said Wednesday.