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

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.

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.

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 ...

Fidel Castro ’s death has elicited a flood of commentary about his legacy, including predictable tributes to his alleged achievements in health care and education. Readers interested in a more ...

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 ...

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.

But, ultimately, Castro left a legacy of failure. He stayed in power not by popular consent but through a brutal dictatorship that imprisoned or executed thousands of opponents.

A man looks at a graffiti reading "Long live Fidel. Homeland or Death" in Havana on November 27, 2016, two days after Cuba's historic revolutionary leader Fidel Castro died aged 90.

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 ...

A mixed reaction to the announcement that Fidel Castro is to step down. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Feb. 21, 2008 — -- "A life of contradiction" was just one of the numerous headlines on Fidel ...