Miami-based Juanita Castro to release book about her brothers Fidel and Raul

October 10th, 2009 Fidel Castro calls Obama Nobel positive measureHAVANA — Count Fidel Castro among those in favor of the Norwegian Nobel Committee's controversial choice of U.S. President Barack Obama for the Nobel Peace prize.

September 4th, 2009 Photo shows Fidel Castro outside, in dress shirtHAVANA — Cuban state media have released a second recent photo showing Fidel Castro in regular civilian clothing instead of the track suits that he commonly wore after falling ill in July 2006. In the picture, the 83-year-old Castro is shaking hands with the visiting head of the Chinese parliament in the walled backyard of an undisclosed home.

August 23rd, 2009 Healthy looking Fidel Castro meets Ecuador leaderHAVANA — Cuba's Communist Youth newspaper is showing a photo of a healthier-looking Fidel Castro talking with the visiting Ecuadorean president. Sunday's photo in Juventud Rebelde shows the 83-year-old Castro wearing a white shirt instead of the sports apparel he has worn in recent photos.

August 15th, 2009 Chavez back from Cuba for Fidel's 83rd birthdayCARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Friday he found his close ally and mentor Fidel Castro in good health during a visit to Cuba to celebrate the Cuban leader's 83rd birthday. Chavez says they shared a cake.

August 13th, 2009 Fidel Castro marks 83rd birthday with crisis essayHAVANA — Former President Fidel Castro marked his 83rd birthday Thursday out of the public eye but with an essay on the global economic crisis, climate change and immigration that headlined Cuban newspapers. Castro ceded power to his brother Raul when he fell ill three years ago and has not been seen in public since.

August 13th, 2009 Fidel Castro marks 83rd birthday with essayHAVANA — The founder of a New York-based church group that opposes the U.S. embargo of Cuba said Thursday that former Cuban President Fidel Castro looked strong and animated during a July 31 meeting.

August 8th, 2009 The portable Castro: Cuba issues Fidel dictionaryHAVANA —Cubans accustomed to hourslong speeches, thousand-word essays and lengthy interviews can now get Fidel Castro at a glance, thanks to a new dictionary of El Comandante's teachings. "Unemployment" and "History" are among the myriad words for which the 339-page paperback provides definitions — based on snippets of speeches, columns and statements dispensed by Castro during the 49 years he governed the communist-run island.

August 2nd, 2009 Raul Castro: Cuba won't undo communist systemHAVANA — Raul Castro announced Saturday that Cuba will cut spending on education and health care, potentially weakening the building blocks of its communist system in a bid to revive a floundering economy. The former defense minister who took over the presidency last year called state spending "simply unsustainable" and said the cash-strapped government would reorganize rural schools and scrutinize its free health care system in search of ways to save money.

July 24th, 2009 Station airs photos of ex-Cuban officials partyingHAVANA — A Miami journalist has released photos showing three fired Cuban officials holding up cans of beer and partying at a ranch apparently belonging to the deposed Cuban representative of business interests in Spain's Basque region. The pictures appear to be related to talk in Cuba that the officials — ex-Vice President Carlos Lage, former Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque and Fernando Remirez de Estenoz, the former head of international relations for the Communist Party — were dismissed as part of a government purge in March for making insulting remarks about Fidel Castro while guests on the property of Conrado Hernandez, the Cuban business representative in the Basque region.

June 15th, 2009 In Argentina, dissident Cuban doctor has no grudgeBUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A dissident Cuban surgeon said Sunday that she harbors no grudge against Fidel Castro upon arriving in Argentina for an emotional family reunion after being denied permission to leave Cuba for more than a decade. Desperate to see her ailing, 90-year-old mother, Dr.

May 1st, 2009 Fidel Castro: US wants Cuba to become slaves againHAVANA — Fidel Castro again bristled at the Obama administration's steps toward improving relations with Cuba, writing in a May Day message that the U.S. would like to see Cubans "return to the fold of slaves." The former president's column was published in official newspapers as Cuba celebrated international worker's day with a traditional march by hundreds of thousands of people across the sprawling Plaza of the Revolution.

April 29th, 2009 Castro: Onus not on Cuba for US better relationsHAVANA — Raul Castro has dismissed Barack Obama's policy changes toward Cuba as "minimal" and says it is up to the U.S. — not Cuba — to do more to improve relations.

April 29th, 2009 Raul Castro: Onus not on Cuba for US relationsHAVANA — Raul Castro dismissed Barack Obama's policy changes toward Cuba as "achieving only the minimum," and said Wednesday that it is up to the U.S. — not Cuba — to do more to improve relations.

April 29th, 2009 Raul Castro: Obama's Cuba policy changes 'minimal'HAVANA — Raul Castro dismissed Barack Obama's policy changes toward Cuba as "achieving only the minimum," and said Wednesday that it is up to the U.S. — not Cuba — to do more to improve relations.

April 22nd, 2009 Fidel Castro: Obama 'misinterpreted' Raul's wordsHAVANA — Fidel Castro says President Barack Obama "misinterpreted" his brother Raul's remarks regarding the United States and bristled at the suggestion that Cuba should free political prisoners or cut taxes on dollars people send to the island. Raul Castro touched off a whirlwind of speculation last week that the U.S.