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Cuba's new president Miguel Diaz-Canel, left, and former president Raul Castro, raise their arms after Diaz-Canel was elected as the island nation's new president, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, April 19, 2018. (Irene Perez/Cubadebate via AP)
April 19, 2018, 9:32 pm
Diaz-Canel replaces Raul Castro as Cuba’s president, marking end of an era
After over 60 years in which the Castro family ruled communist country, little-known 57-year-old takes over
By Michael Weissenstein and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
Adela Dworin with Fidel Castro in Havana, in August 2010. Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg is at right. (Cubadebate state media)
February 19, 2018, 6:23 pm
When our woman in Havana asked Fidel Castro to the synagogue Hanukkah party
Adela Dworin doesn't have to live in Cuba. Her friends left for Miami long ago. So why does she stay, running and schnorring for the Jewish community? Here's her story, and Cuba's
By David Horovitz
File photo taken on June 1, 2016 of Cuban Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, son of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. (AFP/Adalberto Roque)
February 2, 2018, 7:21 pm
Fidel Castro’s eldest son commits suicide
A scientist who studied physics in the former Soviet Union, Fidel Jr. helped usher in nuclear power in Cuba; he reportedly suffered from 'deep depression'
By AFP
Illustrative: An Israeli flag hangs on the wall of the Jewish Community Center in Havana, Cuba, where two men are speaking on August 1, 2004. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
December 25, 2017, 10:30 pm
Israel, Cuba sought to reestablish diplomatic ties — report
Channel 10: Following US lifting of embargo in 2015, with Canada as broker, Jerusalem sent delegate to Havana; talks ended with election of Trump
By TOI staff
This file photo taken on October 24, 1962 shows US President John Fitzgerald Kennedy signing the order of naval blockade of Cuba at the White House in Washington, DC, during the Cuban missiles crisis. (AFP)
October 27, 2017, 5:23 pm
New JFK files reveal mafia plots, FBI warning on Oswald
Some documents remain classified for security reasons, but Trump gives agencies six months to make a case for keeping them secret
By Chris Lefkow
US President Donald Trump signs policy changes he is making toward Cuba at the Manuel Artime Theater in the Little Havana neighborhood on June 16, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
June 17, 2017, 8:16 am
Trump thrusts US, Cuba back toward hostile relations
President denounces communist regime in Havana, vows to overhaul Obama's 'one-sided deal'
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Michael Weissenstein and Josh Lederman
An undated file photograph of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and late Cuban Pesident Fidel Castro, made available by the Palestinian Authority in Gaza City of the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Palestinian Authority)
December 7, 2016, 3:27 am
Ramallah to name street after Fidel Castro
PA announces 'gesture of gratitude' to late Cuban leader for his support over the years
By JTA
The motorcade carrying the ashes of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro makes its final journey towards the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in Santiago, Cuba, on Sunday, December 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
December 4, 2016, 4:16 pm
Fidel Castro’s ashes interred in a private ceremony
Event ends week-long national mourning of former Cuban leader that reached near-religious peaks of adulation
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and Michael Weissenstein
A Cuban national flag is at half-staff outside the Santa Ifigenia cemetery, in Santiago, Friday, December 2, 2016, where the ashes of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro will be laid to rest. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
December 4, 2016, 1:13 pm
Fidel Castro’s final resting spot shrouded in mystery
Ashes of longtime ruler likely to be interred in graveyard in Santiago, next to tomb of Cuban independence leader Jose Marti
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO
Cubans pay homage to the late leader Fidel Castro during the last ceremony before his burial in Santiago de Cuba, the cradle of his revolution, on December 3, 2016. (AFP/Pedro Pardo)
December 4, 2016, 6:40 am
Cuba bans monuments named after Fidel Castro
President says his brother 'rejected any manifestation of cult of personality,' did not want his name or likeness used for tributes
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and Michael Weissenstein
November 29, 2016, 1:13 pm
Rocking my Cuban world
Despite testimonials by ex-pat family and friends on how Castro destroyed Cuba, she looks forward to its bright future
By Miriam Bradman Abrahams
Cuban President Fidel Castro speaks during the 6th Session of the Cuban Parliament at the Conventions Palace in Havana on December 22, 2005. (AFP PHOTO/Antonio LEVI)
November 29, 2016, 10:18 am
7 moments that define Castro’s ties with Jews
Former leader granted religious freedoms and slammed Holocaust denial, but expressed views hostile to Israel
By Josefin Dolsten
The Cuban interior ministry building with the image of Ernesto "Che" Guevara and the Cuban flag fluttering at half mast at Havana's Revolution square, during Fidel Castro's memorial, on November 28, 2016 in Havana. (AFP Photo/Adalberto Roque)
November 28, 2016, 8:34 pm
Throngs pay homage to Cuba’s Fidel Castro
Thousands of Cubans pay final respects to deceased leader at Revolution Square, site of some of his most famous speeches
By Laurent THOMET
An undated file photograph of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, and late Cuban Pesident Fidel Castro, made available by the Palestinian Authority in Gaza City of the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Palestinian Authority)
November 28, 2016, 4:31 am
Abbas orders Palestinian flags flown at half-staff in honor of Castro
PA president hails late revolutionary Cuban president as leader 'who spent his life fighting for causes of justice'
By Tamar Pileggi
Alan Gross, freed from a Cuban prison earlier in the day, waves after concluding his remarks with his wife, Judy, at a news conference in Washington shortly after arriving in the United States, December 17, 2014. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
November 27, 2016, 6:37 pm
Jewish ex-prisoner of Cuba: ‘History will never absolve’ Castro
Alan Gross, jailed while working for US development agency, calls on Cubans to speak up about deceased dictator
By JTA
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