The Washington Post
Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 00:00
Among Chavez's new priorities is proving that Simon Bolivar, the 19th-century hero who is the inspiration for his movement, was slain by corrupt oligarchs and did not succumb to tuberculosis
Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 00:00
My husband, the other 73 men and the one woman detained in this roundup were all declared prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International. I have no doubts on whose orders this act of repression was carried out
Friday, February 22, 2008 - 00:00
For years, analysts and exiles had predicted that there would be unrest if Castro ever ceded power, but none of that has materialized
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
The United States will have only one chance to lift the embargo. Once lifted, it will be almost impossible to reimpose
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
Fidel Castro's leaving office on his own terms is not the kind of change that successive American presidents have envisioned for Cuba. In fact, it's a sign that U.S. efforts to isolate that country and bring down its socialist government have failed
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
This is not my farewell to you. My only wish is to fight as a soldier in the battle of ideas
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
While Castro may have inspired budding leaders, many of the leftist movements that rule the region's most important countries are far from revolutionary and more pragmatic than their model
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
His resignation brought a measure of uncertainty to a political system that has changed little since Castro, now 81 and ailing, swept into Cuba's capital at the head of a guerrilla army
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
If picked by Cuba's newly elected National Assembly in a presidential vote scheduled for Sunday, Raúl is almost certain to preside over a government based more on a collective style of leadership, and less on personality
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 00:00
While Castro's official exit after nearly 50 years in power held the aura of history, many here viewed it as having few, if any, immediate consequences