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Cuba's Fidel Castro Steps Down After Half a Century
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:11:00 PM
HAVANA—Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro stepped down on Tuesday 49 years after taking power in an armed revolution, closing the book on a Cold War career that made him an icon to leftists and a tyrant ...   Full Story
 

Subdued Reaction in Miami to Castro's Retirement
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:57:00 PM
Cuban exiles in Miami expressed quiet relief at Fidel Castro 's resignation Tuesday but said their homeland had moved past the longtime leader and change was inevitable.   Full Story
 

Cuba's Fidel Castro Retires After 49 Years in Power
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:25:00 AM
HAVANA—Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he will not return to lead the communist country, retiring as president 49 years after he seized power in a revolution and became a central ...   Full Story
 

Raul Castro Raises Hopes of Economic Change in Cuba
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:11:00 AM
Raul Castro, Cuba's likely new leader after his ailing brother Fidel Castro bowed out Tuesday, is a pragmatist more concerned with putting food on Cuban tables than spreading revolution abroad.   Full Story
 

Panama Workers, Police Clash; Hundreds Arrested
Friday, February 15, 2008 10:00:00 PM
PANAMA CITY—Nearly 300 protesters were arrested in Panama Friday as construction workers clashed with police for the third day running over the shooting death of a fellow worker earlier this week.A ...   Full Story
 

U.N. Urges Dominicans to Ban Cockfights to Halt Bird Flu
Friday, February 15, 2008 8:12:00 PM
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has urged the Dominican Republic to ban cockfights to stop the spread of bird flu in the Caribbean country.   Full Story
 

Castro, McCain Spar Over Cuban Torture in Vietnam
Monday, February 11, 2008 6:50:00 PM
Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro took on front-running Republican presidential candidate John McCain Monday, accusing him of lying about Cubans torturing American prisoners of war in Vietnam.   Full Story
 

Asset Freeze Latest Setback for Latin American Left
Friday, February 08, 2008 8:10:00 PM
CARACAS—A move by Exxon Mobil Corp to freeze billions of dollars of Venezuelan assets highlights a backlash to Latin American energy nationalization, but also fuels leftist governments' accusation ...   Full Story
 

Belize Elects First Black Leader, Ousts Incumbent
Friday, February 08, 2008 8:06:00 AM
BELIZE CITY—Belize elected Dean Barrow as its first black prime minister, final results showed Friday, as the small Central American nation ended a decade of one-party rule marked by graft scandals an ...   Full Story
 

Cubans Vote for Parliament That Could Retire Castro
Sunday, January 20, 2008 10:00:00 PM
HAVANA—Cubans voted in parliamentary elections Sunday that could start a transition to a post-Castro government in Cuba after half a century of rule by the Communist revolutionary.Even though he ha ...   Full Story
 

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