Tag Archives: Havana

Cuba: to Preserve the Gains of Revolution

July 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Nil NIKANDROV On July 26 1953 in the morning a group of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro stormed the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba. The first attack against the Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship failed, but a signal to start fighting … read more »

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Fidel Castro meets Pope Benedict XVI

March 29, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Greeted by throngs of Catholic worshipers from across the region, Pope Benedict XVI ended his two-country tour in Havana’s Revolution Plaza with a reference to what he described as a need for “authentic freedom.” Changes between Cuba and the world … read more »

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Fidel Castro & 540 minutes

February 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Farooque Chowdhury The meeting, dubbed ‘Encounter of Intellectuals for Peace and Environmental Conservation’, was attended by more than a hundred laureates in literature, history and social and natural sciences and eminent thinkers from 21 countries. ‘Fight, don’t let pessimism win; … read more »

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Wikileaks on Cuba: Fidel Castro ‘nearly died’

December 16, 2010 by benim

Cuban leader Fidel Castro came close to death in 2006, according to the latest secret US diplomatic cables published by Wikileaks. Mr Castro almost died after suffering a perforated intestine during an internal flight, unnamed sources told US diplomats in … read more »

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Plane with 68 aboard crashes in Cuba

November 5, 2010 by benim

A plane carrying 68 people crashed in a mountainous region of central Cuba after issuing an emergency call, state-run media said on Thursday, and there were no initial reports of survivors. Cuban television said the plane was an ATR-72-212 twin … read more »

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Omar Khadr admits throwing deadly grenade

October 26, 2010 by benim

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – In the midst of a deadly firefight in Afghanistan in 2002, a 15-year-old Omar Khadr — believing his death was at hand — wanted to kill as many Americans as he could, jurors heard Tuesday as … read more »

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