MetaFilter posts tagged with cuba and fidelcastro

Castro Retires

crossoverman — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:06:30 -0800

Castro Retires. "I neither will aspire to nor will I accept -- I repeat -- I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief," says Castro in Cuban newspaper Granma - where he regularly posts his thoughts on international news. He transfered power to his brother in 2006 - and was reported to have recovered last year, resuming most of his day-to-day duties as leader of Cuba; a position he held for 49 years.

Viva la Biotech Revolution!

dov3 — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:18:42 -0800

Viva la Biotech Revolution! Embargo or no, Castro's socialist paradise has quietly become a pharmaceutical powerhouse.

Castro Shelved

ericrolph — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:13:19 -0800

HBO has decided to "shelf" Oliver Stone's documentary on Fidel Castro on the basis that the documentary depicts Castro without judgement. Should documentary filmmaking be a "true journalistic endeavor" as the article suggests?

McNamara, Castro, Cuban Missile Crisis

staggernation — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 05:31:53 -0800

Robert McNamara and Fidel Castro met in Cuba last October at a conference on the anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Interesting article about this meeting and the professor who arranged it.

Postroad — Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:55:29 -0800

Elian Gonzalez may return to the US. with Castro May show up at UN for Children's Day, with Castro. Will Bush show up with Michael Jackson?

tamim — Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:28:22 -0800

"Cuba maintains a prison system that is in many respects far more humane than Western propaganda would have the uninformed public believe."
While the New York based Cuban American Democracy Project does not agree with the views expressed by Professor Jill Soffiyah Elijah, the CADP web site lists tons of articles, testimonies and resources about "situation" in Cuba.

Satapher — Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:27:11 -0800

Jesus Christ was a Communist? Fidel Castro seems to think so. The article even goes as far as to hint that Fidel's once atheistic views have "mellowed" in his old age.

delfuego — Thu, 01 Jun 2000 10:29:14 -0800

Elian's fathers rights were affirmed today, and the decision is already online. One thing I love about the Internet is that things like this take nanoseconds to be available to the public (if the system's working right, at least!) -- where previously you had to rely on the newsmakers' spin on things, now you can read the decision yourself and come to your own conclusions.