The Latest Breaking News from Fidel Castro

Greg Cote: World Baseball Classic the right place — and time — to embrace Miami's diversity

MIAMI — So much of what there is to appreciate and embrace about Miami — the passion, the diversity, the love of a good party — was in loud, colorful display Wednesday as the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico met at Marlins Park in a winner-take-all game to reach the…

Miami Herald · Mar 16, 2023

Putin 'will die in office or with bullets in his back’ as despot's future predicted

Russian President's Vladimir Putin's health has attracted a great deal of speculation for years but one expert says it could be an assassination and not his medical condition that kills the dictator

Daily Mirror · Feb 26, 2023

Russia donates 25,000 tonnes of wheat to ally Cuba as ties deepen

Russia on Wednesday gave Cuba an "emergency" donation of 25,000 tons of wheat to combat shortages on the island, a sign of deepening ties between the two long-time allies.

Reuters · Feb 15, 2023

Elián González poised to be top Cuban lawmaker decades after Florida deportation

Boy at center of Clinton-era US-Cuba feud called ‘most worthy of Cuban youth’ by government newspaper

The Guardian - US · Feb 7, 2023

Cuba begins London court battle over unpaid Castro-era debt

Cuba began a high-stakes legal battle in London's High Court on Monday over unpaid Fidel Castro-era government debt now held by one of the communist-run country's creditors.

Reuters · Jan 23, 2023

From Trump to Prince Andrew: All the famous names embroiled in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial

Maxwell’s accusers testified they found her famous connections both alluring and intimidating

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2023

Gina Lollobrigida, film star who conquered Italy, Hollywood and the world, dies at 95

There she is, waving from the backseat of a convertible on the eve of the Cannes Film Festival. And here she is again, stepping to the tarmac from a jet in Paris, her scarf billowing perfectly in the evening breeze. And again, cloaked in emerald — dress and rings, both…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 17, 2023

Ruling against cruise lines clouds Cuba investment picture

If investors thought doing business in Cuba was tough after the Trump administration reinstated sanctions against the island nation’s Communist regime, a Miami federal judge’s ruling that tags four cruise lines for “trafficking” in confiscated property is giving them even greater pause.

Tribune News Service · Jan 16, 2023

Gina Lollobrigida, film star who conquered Italy, Hollywood and the world, dies at 95

Gina Lollobrigida, the high-spirited actor who had dual careers in Hollywood and Europe but may be more fondly remembered in her native Italy for jump-starting an era of celebration and indulgence after years of warfare and oppression, has died. She was 95.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 16, 2023

Cuba says vulture fund seeking 72 million euros never a creditor as UK court begins proceedings

Cuba's Central Bank on Friday lashed out against a "vulture fund" seeking to cash in on unpaid government debt lingering from the era of former leader Fidel Castro, calling illegitimate its claims against the Communist-run island in a London court.

Reuters · Jan 13, 2023