HAVANA — Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century ...
And to control their own destiny is above all else what the leaders of this intensely nationalist régime want to do. "We have known," said Castro last year, "the bitterness of having to depend on ...
Current Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, 60, is poised to become the new First Secretary of the party as per Raúl Castro's own wishes. The PCC Congress is the supreme body of the country's ...