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Report: Castro Backs Israel's Right to Exist
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Sept. 23) -- Fidel Castro has distanced himself from the anti-Israeli rhetoric made by some of his leftist Latin American proteges and declared that the Jewish state definitely has the right to exist. "Yes it does, without a doubt," Castro, 84, told U.S. journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine, according to a report published Wednesday. Asked if Cuba was prepared to re-establish diplomatic relations with Israel, the former Cuban president -- who handed power to his brother Raul in 2006 -- said that such things take time. Sponsored Links In the same interview, the Cuban ...
Castro Admits Cuban Communism Not Working
By Theunis Bates - AOL News(Sept. 9) -- None other than Fidel Castro himself now appears to have given up on Cuba's archaic communist system. The revolutionary leader last week launched a surprise attack on the state-controlled economy he helped create 50 years ago during an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, a correspondent for The Atlantic magazine. Goldberg asked the aging leader if Cuba's economic system was still worth exporting to other nations and was stunned by Castro's brutally honest response. "The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore," said the 84-year-old former president, Goldberg wrote in a blog ...
Obama to Make It Easier for Americans to Travel to Cuba
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Aug. 17) -- Selected groups of U.S. citizens may soon no longer have to travel roundabout through Canada or Mexico if they want to taste an authentic mojito or smoke a genuine Cohiba. That's because the Obama administration is expected to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba, administration sources have told The New York Times. "The officials, who asked not to be identified because they had not been authorized to discuss the policy before it was announced, said it was meant to loosen restrictions on academic, religious and cultural groups that were adopted under President George W. Bush, and ...
Castro Makes Fiery Speech -- and Raises Questions
By not in system - AOL NewsHAVANA (Aug. 7) -- A lively and healthy-looking Fidel Castro appealed to President Barack Obama to prevent a global nuclear war in an emphatic speech Saturday that marked his first official government appearance since emergency surgery four years ago. Castro's speech before the Cuban parliament, along with other numerous recent public appearances, raised questions about how much he will resume a leadership role. Castro, who turns 84 in a week, arrived on the arm of a subordinate, waving and smiling as the crowd applauded loudly in unison. "Fidel, Fidel, Fidel!" the participants chanted. ...
Castro Makes His First Visit in Years Outside Havana
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(July 25) -- Fidel Castro seems determined to reclaim his place in the spotlight. After a number of recent public appearances and a TV interview, he's made his reported first trip outside Havana since illness forced him into seclusion four years ago. Dressed in blue athletic pants and a green military shirt, the 83-year-old former Cuban leader showed up at a ceremony honoring young revolutionaries who died in an attack on a military barracks in Artemisa, about 40 miles from the capital. The attack on July 26, 1953, was a complete failure, with many of those who took part captured or killed. ...
Venezuela Oil Reserves Could Be World's Largest: What It Means for the US
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(July 14) -- While the U.S. continues to grapple with the fallout of the BP oil spill, one nation is pressing forward with plans to become the world's leader in crude reserves. Venezuela has been making an enormous energy power play lately, registering massive oil deposits in the country's Orinoco Belt and increasing ventures with foreign nations including Vietnam, Belarus and Angola. If all goes according to plan, Venezuela will overtake Saudi Arabia as the world's most oil-rich country. As controversial Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in a statement this weekend (via Reuters): "We ...
Hillary Clinton Welcomes Planned Release of Cuban Political Prisoners
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyCuba will reportedly free 52 dissidents in what would be the island nation's largest release of political prisoners in over a decade, a gesture welcomed by the Obama administration. Catholic officials said the planned release of pro-democracy activists arrested in a March 2003 crackdown in Havana was negotiated by Cuba's archbishop, Cardinal Jaime Ortega, and Spanish diplomats, The Washington Post reported. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters in Washington the news was a positive sign, but long overdue. Clinton did not comment on the potential effect on U.S.-Cuba relations, ...
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