The Miami Herald
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Fidel Castro may have resigned as Cuba's president, but he remains a towering figure, loved and hated across continents
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Bespectacled and businesslike, Raul Castro has long lived in the shadow of his charismatic older brother, Fidel
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
This turning point provides a good opportunity to support Cuba's dissidents and increase pressure on Cuba's political elites to initiate democratic change
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
As Fidel Castro bows out of Cuban political life, experts see potential for long-debated economic changes to take place on the island -- even if change comes one step at a time
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
Saying he is no longer healthy enough to hold office, Cuban leader Fidel Castro has announced he will not seek reelection after 49 years in power
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
CHRONOLOGY OF CASTRO ERA
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<br />1953: Lawyer Fidel Castro leads rebels in an attack on the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Death toll: 69 attackers, 19 soldiers and police. Castro is captured.
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<br />1955: Castro gets amnesty and leaves for exile in Mexico.
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<br />1956: Castro leaves Mexico with 81 followers aboard the yacht Granma. After a disastrous landing in eastern Cuba Dec.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
There are others considered possible candidates to succeed Castro
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
Of the three major presidential hopefuls, Sen. Barack Obama has signaled he would eliminate restrictions on Cuban American travel and remittances to the island but would keep most of the embargo in place
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
NAME: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz.
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<br />TITLES: President of Council of State and Council of Ministers, first secretary of Communist Party of Cuba, commander in chief of Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces. Before announcing he was ill and ceding power to his brother Raul on July 31, 2006, was world's longest-ruling head of government, and leader of one of world's last few communist states. He officially resigned as president on Feb. 19, 2008.
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<br />BIRTHDATE: Officially listed as Aug.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 00:00
The number of political prisoners declines as Cuba tries to improve its image. Yet the repression, like the dictatorship, has not changed