Castro and his late, elder brother Fidel Castro led the rebel band that in 1959 overthrew a U.S.-backed dictator and installed a Communist-run country on the doorstep of the U.S. Continue reading →

The National Assembly announced that Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez had been approved as the sole candidate for president. Continue reading →

Cuban leader Raul Castro will officially step down Thursday, with Miguel Diaz-Canel seeming to be a lock to replace him. Continue reading →

Miguel Diaz-Canel is set to become Cuba’s next president, which will make him the island’s first non-Castro leader since the 1959 revolution. Continue reading →

Justin Trudeau was in fact born on Dec. 25, 1971, to the late Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife, Margaret. Continue reading →

The son of the late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro committed suicide after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported. Continue reading →

Cuba’s National Assembly approved a law on Tuesday that bans commemorative statues of Fidel Castro and naming public places after him, in accordance with the wishes of the revolutionary leader, who died last month. Continue reading →

Fidel Castro’s ashes were laid to rest on Sunday, when hundreds of thousands of Cubans said farewell with a combination of tears, Castro-like defiance and choruses of “I am Fidel!” ringing out across the island. Continue reading →

A caravan carrying the ashes was scheduled to leave the capital’s Plaza of the Revolution after 7 a.m. for a journey from Havana to the eastern city of Santiago. Continue reading →