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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 538

Raul Castro

Raul Castro, first secretary of the Communist Party and former president, waves to members at the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba's opening session, as Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, applauds at the Convention Palace, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 16, 2021. (Ariel Ley Royero/ACN via AP)
April 17, 2021, 2:42 pm
Era ends as Raul Castro steps down as Cuba’s Communist Party chief
Departure leaves the island without a Castro guiding affairs for first time in more than six decades, handing control of the party to a younger generation
By Andrea Rodrguez
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
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
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
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
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
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
Fidel Castro, left, raises the hand of his brother, Cuban President Raul Castro, center, as they sing the anthem of international socialism during the 6th Communist Party Congress in Havana, Cuba on April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)
November 26, 2016, 9:58 am
Castro clan torn by dysfunction and disagreements
While brother Raul was Fidel Castro’s closest confidant and successor, his estranged sister Juana, exiled in south Florida, called him a ‘monster’
By ANITA SNOW
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 26, 2016, 7:44 am
Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro dies at 90
Rebel chief who took power at 32 in 1959, becoming youngest leader in Latin America, handed over half-century later to brother Raul
By Michael Weissenstein and Peter Orsi
Miami Beach, Florida. (YouTube screen capture)
November 5, 2016, 12:12 pm
Conservative Cuban Americans divided over Trump
Republican nominee says he will oppose communist regime in Havana, but his comments on immigrants do not sit well with many Latino voters
By AFP
Iranian President Hasan Rohani (C) arrives at the Jose Marti airport in Havana, on September 19, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / ADALBERTO ROQUE)
September 19, 2016, 11:47 pm
Iran’s president in Cuba to meet Castros
One-day visit chance for two countries to express mutual solidarity and sign deals, including crucial oil agreement
By AFP
Passengers deplane upon arriving at the airport of Santa Clara, Cuba on August 31, 2016 on the first commercial flight between the United States and Cuba since 1961. (AFP Photo/Yamil Lage)
August 31, 2016, 10:06 pm
Inaugural commercial flight from US lands in Cuba
150 passengers make journey, marking first of 110 expected trips a day, linking long-time foes
By Hector Velasco and Leila Macor
Cuban civil rights activist Oscar Biscet in Jerusalem, August 2016 (Raphael Ahren/TOI)
August 10, 2016, 3:28 am
Castro still Israel’s enemy, prominent Cuban dissident warns on rare visit
Undeterred by torture and prison, Oscar Biscet draws attention to the totalitarian nature of the regime in Havana. I may get killed when I return but I must continue my fight, he says
By Raphael Ahren
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