October 16, 1953 – Castro is sentenced to 15 years in prison. May 15, 1955 – Fidel and Raul Castro are released as part of a general amnesty for political prisoners. They go into exile in Mexico.

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FIDEL MURGA JR., 64, passed away January 31 ... Visitation will be on Saturday, March 8 th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Martin Funeral Home. The recitation of the Rosary will be Saturday at 11 ...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Funeral services for Erasmo Castro are scheduled to begin Wednesday. Castro was known in the Brownsville community as an advocate for education and youth.

On February 16, 1959, Fidel Castro took office as Cuba’s premier after leading a guerrilla movement that forced dictator Fulgencio Batista to flee the country. Following Batista’s ousting on January 1 ...

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When writer Gabriel García Márquez, a close friend of Fidel Castro's, narrated a profile about him, he remarked how he had seen him finish a copious lunch taking no less than 18 spoonfuls of ice cream ...

ending long era in Cuba Raul Castro says he is resigning as head of Cuba's Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution.

Aleida Guevara even evoked the spirit of the dead Fidel Castro as she delivered her rabble-rousing call at a leftwing conference. She said: “When people raise their voice to struggle for a just ...