Fidel Castro
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Former US diplomat to plead guilty to spying for communist-run Cuba for decades
World | Mar 01, 2024, 10:24 AM ISTThe US had accused Rocha of having secretly supported Cuba and its intelligence-gathering mission since he joined the State Department in 1981. He pleaded not guilty earlier in February but later decided to plead guilty after his lawyers struck a deal with the prosecution.
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Cuba appoints first prime minister since 1976
World | Dec 22, 2019, 08:05 AM ISTCuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has appointed the country's first prime minister in more than 40 years - the tourism minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz.
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Cuba: President Ram Nath Kovind pays tribute to Fidel Castro
World | Jun 22, 2018, 10:46 AM ISTHe described Castro as a great friend of India who gave strength to the voice of developing countries in the international arena.
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Fidel Castro's eldest son commits suicide after battling depression
World | Feb 02, 2018, 08:29 AM ISTThe eldest son of Cuba's late revolutionary leader was known for his resemblance to his father, earning him the nickname Fidelito or Little Fidel.
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Fidel Castro's ashes buried in historic Cuban cemetery
World | Dec 05, 2016, 07:06 AM ISTFormer President Fidel Castro's ashes were buried at the historic Santa Ifigenia cemetery in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba during a private ceremony.
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Cuba will ban naming of monuments after Fidel Castro, says brother Raul
World | Dec 04, 2016, 09:26 AM ISTCuban President Raul Castro announced on that his government would honour the wishes of his brother Fidel and would prohibit the naming of streets and monuments after him and bar the construction of statues of him.
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau gets mocked for his tribute to late Fidel Castro
World | Nov 28, 2016, 08:17 PM ISTCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being hit from all corners for the condolence message he sent following the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro. The Canadian leader, following Fidel Castro's death on Friday
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'He was like my second father,’ Maradona mourns Fidel Castro’s death
Football | Nov 27, 2016, 12:47 PM ISTLegendary Argentinean footballer Diego Maradona on Saturday mourned the death of Cuban revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, who he said was like a second father.
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Mourning Cubans look to future without Fidel Castro, exiles in US celebrate his death
World | Nov 27, 2016, 09:54 AM ISTOne side hailing Fidel Castro a great leader and mourning his death while and others calling him a brutal dictator and celebrating his death.
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History will judge Fidel Castro's 'enormous impact', says Obama; Trump calls him a ‘brutal dictator’
World | Nov 27, 2016, 09:15 AM ISTUnites States President Barack Obama said in a statement on Fidel Castro's death that history would be the judge of the Cuban revolutionary leader's enormous impact.
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26th November News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Nov 26, 2016, 07:05 PM ISTImportant stories of the day
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When Fidel Castro gave a bear hug to a surprised Indira Gandhi
World | Nov 26, 2016, 02:47 PM ISTIconic Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who died on Friday, will be remembered in India for his close association with the Nehru-Gandhi family.
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Baseball fanatic to Cuba’s revolutionary leader: 10 facts you should know about Fidel Castro
World | Nov 26, 2016, 02:56 PM ISTGuerrilla revolutionary and communist idol, Fidel Castro passed away late night on Friday at the age of 90. The former Cuban President has left behind him a legacy that will be remembered for generations to
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Cuba does not need any gifts from United States: Fidel Castro
World | Mar 29, 2016, 11:52 AM ISTCuba’s Fidel Castro signaled continued resistance to rapprochement between Washington and Havana, writing in an opinion piece today that his country “has no need of gifts” from the United States.
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Vice President Ansari meets Fidel Castro as he wraps up Cuba visit
World | Oct 31, 2013, 11:40 AM ISTHavana : Vice President Hamid Ansari's meeting with revolutionary hero Fidel Castro was the high point of the first ever bilateral visit by any Indian VVIP to Cuba, during which the two countries also inked
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Declare Good Friday a holiday, Pope urges Raul Castro
World | Mar 29, 2012, 08:48 AM ISTHavana, Mar 28 :The exchange came hours before Fidel Castro confirmed that he would happily meet Pope Benedict XVI before he leaves for Rome on Wednesday. Mr. Castro made the much-awaited announcement at the end
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Karat Quotes Castro To Defend Jesus's Pix At Party Show
National | Feb 07, 2012, 05:37 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram, Feb 7: Defending the display of a portrait of Jesus Christ at a CPI-M organised exhibition here, party General Secretary Prakash Karat today said it was not done to run down religion or basic
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I Quit As Party Chief 5 Years Ago, Says Castro
World | Mar 22, 2011, 08:07 PM ISTHavana, Mar 22: Fidel Castro said Tuesday he resigned five years ago from all his official positions, including head of Cuba's Communist Party, a position he was thought to still hold. It was the first
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Osama Bin Laden Is A CIA Agent: Fidel Castro
World | Aug 29, 2010, 02:33 PM ISTHavana (Cuba): Cuban leader Fidel Castro has said that Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is a bought-and-paid-for CIA agent who always popped up when former US President George W Bush needed to scare the world,