Fidel Castro

Trump's talks with Syria echo US embrace of Fidel Castro in 1959

As Syria reconfigures its political order, we must not forget the hard lessons of Cuba’s transformation into a Cold War adversary.

By STEPHEN M. FLATOW
18/05/2025
Fidel Castro

Juan Bradman, Cuban-Jewish exile whose life inspired a novel, dies at 90

Bradman never lost his bitterness over Castro’s takeover of the country, which replaced the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista with years of deepening repression and economic malaise.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
28/09/2023
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