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Cubans Now Allowed to Import Electric Applicances
May 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuban customs authorities starting on Monday authorized individuals to import electric appliances and mopeds in a resolution eliminating the prohibition on such imports that had been in force since 2005. continue reading »
Fidel Castro Proclaimed Cuba a Socialist Nation in 1961
May 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, the Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaimed Cuba a socialist nation and abolished elections in 1961. continue reading »
Fidel Castro Resigned as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in 2011
April 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, Fidel Castro resigned from the Communist Party of Cuba's central committee after 45 years of holding the title in 2011. continue reading »
CIA Trained Cuban Exiles Landed at the Bay of Pigs in 1961
April 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, a group of CIA financed and trained Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro in 1961. continue reading »
Fidel Castro Visited the U.S. in 1959
April 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, Fidel Castro visited the United States in 1959. Four months after leading a successful revolution in Cuba, Fidel Castro visits the United States. The visit was marked by tensions between Castro and the American government. continue reading »
Cuban Dissident Yoani Sanchez Calls for Unity Among Cubans
April 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez on Monday issued a call to Cuban exiles to help forge a feeling of unity among all Cubans and to end the existence of "Fidel's Cubans and Miami's Cubans." continue reading »
Fidel Castro Became Premier of Cuba in 1959
February 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, Fidel Castro became Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1 in 1959. continue reading »
Cuba’s New Tax Law Takes Effect - Intended to Improve “Economic Conditions”
January 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuba enacted this Jan. 1 a new Tax Law to continue the government's "modernization" of socialism with economic reforms that revamp the tax culture of a country where taxes have continue reading »
Fidel Castro Overthrew Cuban Dictator Batista in 1959
January 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, was overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution in 1959. continue reading »
Fidel Castro Declared Cuba Would Adopt Communism in 1961
December 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, in a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared that he was a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt Communism in 1961. continue reading »
Cuba Overturns Fidel Castro Law Placing Surcharge on International Calls
December 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Cuban government is making international calls between the island and the United States less costly by repealing a decree signed by ex-President Fidel Castro in the year 2000 that established a 10-percent surcharge on calls between the two countries. continue reading »
Cuban Detainee Alan Gross Sues U.S. & Former Employer
November 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Alan Gross, a U.S. contractor serving a 15-year sentence in Cuba for subversion, and his wife, Judy, have sued the United States and the company that hired him for not warning him about the risks continue reading »
Everyone Leaves
November 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Book Reviews
Fidel Castro’s Friend Turned Dissident Passes Away in Cuba
October 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo, a comandante of the Cuban Revolution who later turned against Fidel Castro, died Friday in Havana, sources close to the dissident told Efe. He was 77. continue reading »
Fidel Castro Seen in Public for First Time Since Rumors of His Emminent Death Surfaced
October 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro met with former Venezuelan Vice President Elias Jaua in Havana and later accompanied him to the Hotel Nacional in his first public appearance in months and amid rumors about his health. continue reading »
As Health Rumors Linger Fidel Castro Sends Graduates Congratulatory Message
October 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fidel Castro's signature appeared once again in the Cuban press on Thursday when he published a congratulatory message directed to an academic institution. continue reading »
Declassified Documents Shine New Light on Cuban Missile Crisis
October 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Declassified Kennedy Library documents reveal further details of a secret U.S. effort to reach an accord with communist Cuba and avoid a nuclear war during the 1962 missile crisis. continue reading »
Fidel Castro in Good Health, Says Son
October 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
One of Fidel Castro's sons said the former Cuban president "is well" and maintains a daily routine that includes reading and physical exercise. continue reading »
Fidel’s Son Says Castro is “Lucid and Working Hard”
September 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The eldest son of former Cuban President Fidel Castro told Efe on Monday that his father is "lucid and working hard," despite having made no public appearance for several months. continue reading »
Rare Crocs Once Owned by Fidel Castro Give Birth in Sweden
August 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Sweden is now the home of baby crocodiles from the rarest breed in the world. Once owned by Fidel Castro, Cuban crocodiles at Sweden’s Skansen zoo in Stockholm laid continue reading »
