The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Fidel Castro has said that Hurricane Gustav hit Cuba like a nuclear bomb and reminded him of the "desolation" he saw at Hiroshima.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Fidel Castro the former Cuban leader has said that Hurricane Gustav hit Cuba like a nuclear bomb.
Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
From The Real Cuba.com comes these dramatically contrasting photos along with the illuminating commentary printed below. The first photo (top left) shows Fidel Castro being interviewed in 1954 inside his cell at the Isle of Pines' prison. In this photo, Castro is being interviewed by Raúl Martín Sánchez, a journalist who was working for Bohemia magazine at the time. The interview, together with several...
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Video images of the devastation on Cuba's Isla de la Juventud reminded Castro of "the desolation I saw when I visited Hiroshima, which was the victim of an attack of the first atomic bomb in August 1945," the ailing former president wrote in a column carried in government news media.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Fidel Castro likened Hurricane Gustav's destruction in Cuba to an atomic explosion, saying Wednesday it could mean billions of dollars in losses for the communist government.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Fidel Castro likened Hurricane Gustav's destruction in Cuba to an atomic explosion, saying Wednesday it could mean billions of dollars in losses for the communist government.
Counterfire blogg (Free subscription) | yesterday
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IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fidel Castro has likened the devastation caused by hurricane Gustav to that of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima.
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | yesterday
A classic interview with former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, challenged about his views on freedom of speech on the Communist island. The American interviewer, Barbara Walters, is the typically “God bless America” kind of reporter - seemingly incapable of understanding how any nation on earth could be better than the US - but Castro’s unwillingness [...]
TheTechLounge (Free subscription) | yesterday
"This Chuck Norris box art could be so bad-ass that it actually off-sets the fact that Chuck Norris Bring On the Pain is coming to a cell phone. Oh, did I mention that the chief bad guys are Fidel Castro and Kim Jong-il? That's right you better go out and buy a replacement phone now, because this one is going to KILL your current phone. According to Gameloft, the game has Norris taking on a rogue...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
With thorough reporting and an eye for rich detail, veteran National Public Radio correspondent Tom Gjelten traces the story of the Bacardi family, whose product helped shape Cuba's soul until Fidel Castro nationalized its facilities in 1960.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
TV News: Geffen Playhouse production to open Nov. 5 -- Demian Bichir, the Mexican actor who portrays Fidel Castro in Steven Soderbergh's Che Guevara films and Mary Louise-Parker's love interest on Showtime's "Weeds," will make his U.S. stage debut in "By the Waters of Babylon" at the Geffen Playhouse.
Cuba Journal (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
FIDEL CASTRO — My Life: Edited by Ignacio Ramonet and translated by Andrew Hurley, Allen Lane – Penguin, 11, Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110017. Rs. 795. Book Review by Venkatesh Athreya Excerpt: "While we do get glimpses of Castro’s personal life and learn something about his parents, his childhood and early youth, for the most part, and especially for the period since the attack...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Havana - Cuban leader Fidel Castro sent a message of support to Cubans affected by Hurricane Gustav, in an article published Monday in the Communist Party daily Granma and other state media. Only just ideas defended with courage, dignity and firmnes...
Free Frank Warner (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
Gorki Aguila, a Cuban arrested for singing songs against Fidel Castro’s tyranny, was convicted of “public disorder” two days ago and fined $28. Fortunately, he was released. The Castro mob was afraid to let the kangaroo court find him guilty...
