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Castro's charm, charisma and intellect made it easy to forget that he was in fact a brutal dictator and that even as we ate a beautiful feast of Cuban farm products, he had hundreds of political prisoners rotting in jail

Some said that it meant nothing and that Mr. Castro’s brother, Raul, who has effectively been in charge since Mr. Castro fell ill in 2006, would continue his policies. Others said the announcement represented an important political shift

This newspaper opposes the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba because it never produced the regime change that Washington sought

Now that he is finally stepping down, Washington needs to do all it can to help encourage a peaceful transition to democracy. It needs to shake off its own ghosts and start talking directly with Cuban politicians and the Cuban people