Cuba's once-promising economy, fueled by sugar exports and booming tourism, was dramatically destroyed by Fidel Castro's ...

Fidel and his closest associates were forced to initiate some economic reforms (such as legalizing the use of the dollar and revitalizing tourism) to ensure the regime’s survival during the 1990s.

Longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro died on Friday. Steve Inskeep talks to Dan Restrepo about his legacy. Restrepo advised President Obama for many years on issues related to Latin America.

Fidel Castro’s legacy to the world mirrors this quotation accurately. The death of Fidel Castro, a global iconic leader, should exhort us to think strategically about transformatory leadership ...

The tributes to Fidel Castro from western leaders, let alone from those of Russia, China and Iran, came fast and furious through the weekend. Justin Trudeau, Canada’s Prime Minister called him “a ...

Economic sanctions and embargoes placed on Cuba by the U.S. after Castro ascended to power have endured 11 U.S. presidential administrations, even as Castro’s influence on the island dwindled.

Cuba’s economic growth has all but stalled because of negative factors including the U.S. trade embargo that has remained in place since the early days of the Cold War.

COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The Fidel Castro that Sam Riddle and many other African-Americans admired was not the brutal revolutionary dictator who plunged Cuba into economic ...

As the world awoke to the news of the death of Fidel Castro, members of the Bay Area Cuban community had mixed feelings about the passing of a man who was both revered and feared in his native Cuba.