MetaFilter posts tagged with 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.

Greatest Interviews of the 20th Century

Kattullus — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:50:54 -0800

The Greatest Interviews of the 20th Century according to The Guardian. The interviews are with Princess Diana, John Lennon, Marlon Brando, Dennis Potter, Francis Bacon, Marilyn Monroe, Sex Pistols, Malcolm X, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Margaret Thatcher and Fidel Castro. You know who else is interviewed? That's right, Nixon. Oh, and there's a Hitler interview, too. Apparently he likes tea. So do I. Funny ol' world. [via Neil Gaiman]

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 asked US president for $10

MzB — Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:54:07 -0800

"If you like, give me a ten dollars bill green american, in the letter, because never, I have not seen a ten dollars bill green American and I would like to have one of them"
Your friend, Fidel Castro
[via Mahalanobis]

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.

Voyageman — Sun, 04 Nov 2001 06:16:10 -0800

The Chairman Smiles ......Mao......Fidel.....Stalin .....Che........Nostalgia for the evil ones of our past. I wonder how many of us would trade today's War on Terrorism for the Cold War.

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?

dagny — Fri, 27 Jul 2001 06:10:36 -0800

What's that you're wearing, Fidel? Nike's?

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.

tamim — Sun, 10 Sep 2000 21:20:44 -0800

From the latest chapter in "Don't Make a Clinton Mad" comes this 1998 photo released by the White House that shows Rick Lazio firmly shaking hands of Yasser Arafat with a bright smile on his face. Lazio had earlier criticized Bill Clinton for shaking the hand of Fidel Castro and Hillary for pecking on the cheek of Shuha Arafat in 1999. Lazio also accused Hillary to be supporting with her silence Shuha Arafat's factual charges of environmental pollutions in the occupied territories by the Israeli authorities. Unlike Lazio, Hillary at least has claimed Jewish ancestry. Lazio has no clue what he is up against.

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.