"This time the revolution is for real," declared Fidel Castro after his troops marched into Havana on New Year's Day, but 50 years later about all that is left is a sclerotic regime and a ponderous movie about a T-shirt icon. At four hours, the Steven Soderbergh film "Che" is almost as long as a Fidel speech, and almost as exciting. ...more

March 7, 2009

The Battle of Santa Clara, which ended 50 years ago on the morning of Jan. 1, 1959, was the major conflict of the Cuban Revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power. ...more

January 25, 2009

On Jan. 1, 1959, many Cubans on the island nation celebrated the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista and the promise of Fidel Castro's movement. ...more

December 27, 2008

On Jan. 1, 1959, many Cubans on the island nation celebrated the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista and the promise of Fidel Castro's movement. It was a time many Cuban expatriates now recall as one of promises broken. ...more

December 26, 2008

Whether he was drinking beer with revolutionary Che Guevara, fighting racism in St. Augustine or teaching students about international affairs at the University of South Florida, Charles Arnade lived life with passion. ...more

September 9, 2008

The swashbuckling icon of the 1960s' counter revolutionaries lives on 50 years later. ...more

June 12, 2008

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. That was pretty much the reaction of the local Cuban-American community after hearing Sunday that Fidel Castro's brother, Raul, would rule the country many once called home. ...more

February 24, 2008

Bernardo Viera Trejo still remembers that sweltering summer day in 1955, when he and his then-friend Fidel Castro met up shortly after the would-be revolutionary's release from prison. ...more

February 19, 2008

Fidel Castro made his first live appearance on Cuban airwaves since falling ill 14 months ago, sounding lucid and in good humor as he exchanged praise and jokes Sunday with the Venezuelan president. ...more

October 15, 2007