Fidel Castro hints he will not hold on to power
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public for 16 months, suggested on Monday he might give up his formal leadership posts -- the first time he has spoken of his possible retirement.
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Joyous celebration in Miami over news that an ailing Fidel Castro had temporarily ceded power gave way Tuesday to rampant speculation among Cuban exiles: Is Castro already dead? What will happen in Cuba after he is gone? Is this just a trick?
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Cuban President Fidel Castro fell as he left the stage after a speech on Wednesday night.(China Daily Photo). HAVANA, Oct. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- A medical examination confirmed that Cuban leader Fidel Castro broke
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HAVANA -- President Fidel Castro of Cuba said yesterday that 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 said Wednesday he is not yet healthy enough to address Cuba's people in person and can't campaign for Sunday's parliamentary elections.
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Banners hanging from restored buildings in this seaside city encourage ailing leader Fidel Castro to live to 160, but Cubans are now grappling with the realization that his days as their charismatic leader may be over.
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Fidel Castro&#039;s brother said the Communist Party will remain in control of Cuba if there is a leadership change, according to comments published Thursday.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he is recovering from several intestinal operations that had him on a drip for months, but has given no sign he plans to resume power.
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There is no reason to believe that Cuban President Fidel Castro&#39;s life is in danger as he convalesces, Culture Minister Abel Prieto said late Friday.
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It may be a sign of the times: ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was pipped at the polls by his brother and designated successor Raul Castro, according to parliamentary election results published on Wednesday.
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The ailing Cuban president said Tuesday that he will not return to lead the country, retiring as head of state 49 years after he seized power in an armed revolution.
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The formal end of Fidel Castro's nearly 50-year rule in Cuba opens the prospect of more free-market economic reforms, but sweeping political changes are not immediately likely, according to analysts who monitor events in the Communist island nation.
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Fidel Castro indicated in a statement that he was willing to hand over the reins of Cubaâs government to a younger generation of leaders.
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SANTA CLARA, Cuba: Fidel Castro suffered a fall yesterday, possibly breaking an arm and a knee, but laughed off the accident, assuring Cubans he remained in good spirits and in one piece.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Wednesday he is not strong enough to speak in public more than 17 months after stomach surgery forced him to hand over power to his brother.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro is not at death's door and rumors in Miami of his demise are wishful thinking, Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto said on Wednesday.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro is very ill and close to death, U.S. Intelligence chief John Negroponte said in an interview published on Friday.