Subdued reaction in Miami to Castro's retirement
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Cuban exiles in Miami expressed quiet relief at Fidel Castro's resignation on Tuesday but said their homeland had moved past the longtime leader and change was inevitable.
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There is confusion about whether Cuban President Fidel Castro will appear in public for the first time after surgery.
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Whether or not ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro reappears in public this week at his 80th birthday celebration, a successor government led with stealth by his brother Raul appears to be firmly in place.
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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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Fidel Castro looked frail but alert and even playful in a series of official photographs taken during a meeting with Brazil's president on Tuesday, the first images of the ailing Cuban leader released in about three months
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A silence has settled over Cuban political life that ordinary Cubans find at once disconcerting and a big relief.
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Cubans expected one last speech from Fidel Castro today, but he was a no-show at a military parade honoring him.
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CARACAS -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not appeared in public since undergoing stomach surgery last year, said yesterday he was recovering and feeling stronger. "I am gaining ground," he said on a live Venezuelan radio show with President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez, adding he felt he had more "energy and more strength." It was the first time the Cuban leader ...
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Fidel Castro's resignation brings an end to nearly fifty years of rule and looks likely to see his brother named as President
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HAVANA, Aug. 26 -- Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro signed a lengthy essay published Sunday saluting a Cuban political figure but giving no hint of how he is feeling, at a time of persistent rumors of his death.
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Cubans saw President Fidel Castro in a wheel-chair on Sunday in television images that showed the Cuban leader looking rested after shattering his left knee and fracturing his right arm in a fall on Oct. 20.
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The Bush administration chose Thursday to urge change in Fidel Castro's Cuba rather than speculate on the health of its aging leader.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was not well enough to attend the closing ceremony on Friday for his 80th birthday but Cuba's vice president said he was getting better and would continue leading the communist island.
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Fidel Castro signed a lengthy essay published Sunday saluting a Cuban political figure but giving no hint of how he is feeling, even amid rampant rumors of his death.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro fell as he left the stage in Santa Clara on Wednesday night after a televised speech. The 78-year-old Castro quickly recovered his composure and assured Cubans he was &quot;all in one piece.
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Government posters say "Fidel Castro for ever" and "80 years more," but Cubans now doubt their bearded leader will again govern their country.
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The Bush administration remains hopeful that the death of Fidel Castro will unleash grassroots pressure among Cubans for democratic change &#151; but many analysts see little threat to the regime under the thus-far seamless succession of brother Raul.