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# Fidel Castro

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Cuba on the cusp of new era as Castro to relinquish power this week
It’ll be the first time in nearly 60 years a Castro has not ruled Cuba.
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Apr 17th 2018, 7:06 AM
Ireland wants to build a relationship with Cuba
The Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan briefed his Cabinet colleagues on Tuesday about improving links between the two countries.
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Dec 10th 2016, 7:10 AM
President Higgins on Castro: 'Next time he’ll require more than one line to reflect reality'
Was President Higgins’ Castro tribute appropriate, asks Barry McLoughlin.
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Dec 4th 2016, 7:40 AM
Crowds chant 'I am Fidel' as leader's ashes reunited with Che Guevara
Castro’s ashes will be laid to rest in a final ceremony on Sunday.
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Dec 1st 2016, 8:24 AM
Maradona hails late Fidel Castro as 'second father'
The footballing great built a friendship with the former Cuban leader.
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Nov 27th 2016, 7:36 PM
President Higgins criticised for praising 'brutal dictator' Castro
The death of the former Cuban leader has sparked a mixed response.
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Nov 27th 2016, 7:39 AM
President Higgins expresses his "great sadness" upon hearing of Fidel Castro's death
Donald Trump, meanwhile, called Castro a “brutal dictator who oppressed his people for six decades”.
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Nov 26th 2016, 7:25 PM
Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90
The revolutionary leader shaped Cuba for more than 50 years.
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Nov 26th 2016, 6:10 AM
600 assassination attempts and still going strong - Fidel Castro turns 90 today
The ‘father of the Cuban Revolution’ has recently re-emerged into the public eye after a decade in the shadows.
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Aug 13th 2016, 8:45 AM
Fidel Castro has just had a right go at Barack Obama
Obama last week became the first US president to visit Castro’s Cuba since the communist leader came to power in 1959.
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Mar 28th 2016, 6:49 PM
Fidel Castro 'proves' he's alive... by writing to Maradona (seriously)
They’re old pals.
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Jan 12th 2015, 8:53 PM
End of an era: After more than 50 years, the US and Cuba are talking again
“These 50 years have shown that isolation hasn’t worked. It’s time for a new approach,” said Barack Obama.
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Dec 17th 2014, 6:06 PM
"We can't give in to Ebola hysteria" - Obama
Cuba has offered to help in the fight against the disease.
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Oct 19th 2014, 7:50 AM
'Fidel Castro,' 'Leon Trotsky' and 'Karl Marx' all named in Hyde City FC's latest starting XI*
*According to the Conference North side’s official Twitter account.
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Jul 27th 2014, 10:07 PM
Column: Chávez was a charismatic leader - but his economic legacy should be a warning
We’ve lost a colourful world leader who genuinely seemed to have the best interests of his people at heart. But the facts don’t lie – Chávez’s economic legacy is a warning against statist socialism, writes Aaron McKenna.
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Mar 9th 2013, 7:45 AM
No surprises: Raul Castro re-elected president of Cuba
This is the second five year term for the 81-year-old Raul Castro who officially took over from his brother Fidel in 2008.
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Feb 25th 2013, 8:00 AM
Raul Castro raises possibility of retiring as Cuban president
The 81-year-old is due to be installed for another five-year term on Sunday – but may not see it through.
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Feb 22nd 2013, 6:50 PM
Fidel Castro visited Ireland in 1982 (and almost met Charles Haughey)
Cuban leader Fidel Castro left a gift for then-Taoiseach Charles Haughey during his brief stopover in Shannon in late 1982.
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Dec 28th 2012, 8:30 AM
First Irish TV, Titanic, a famous ceiling: the big anniversaries of 2012
The Titanic disaster, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty: 2012 has been a big year for commemorations. Here’s your guide to the bigger commemorations held this year.
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Dec 26th 2012, 7:47 PM
8 of the weirdest meetings of 2012
From Lady Gaga hanging out with Julian Assange to Tupac Shakur’s Coachella performance, here’s our shortlist of the stranger celebrity and political encounters of the year.
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Dec 25th 2012, 6:30 PM
Fidel Castro is 'seen in public' as reports of stroke are dismissed
Venezuela’s Vice President, Elias Jaua, said that he met with the aging revolutionary, which was Castro’s first public appearance in a number of months.
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Oct 22nd 2012, 9:53 AM
Ozzie Guillen says he loves Fidel Castro, gets suspended for 5 games
It didn’t take long for the new Miami Marlins manager to land himself in trouble.
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Apr 10th 2012, 4:07 PM
Pope meets Fidel Castro in Cuba
The Pope gave an unusually political speech before hundreds of thousands of people in Cuba today.
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Mar 28th 2012, 10:15 PM
Poll: Should a statue of Che Guevara be erected in Galway?
A US politician has written to the Taoiseach urging him to stop the statue being built – but supporters of the project say the statue will commemorate Che’s Irish heritage. What do you think?
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Mar 25th 2012, 3:16 PM
Congresswoman urges Kenny to block Galway Guevara statue
Enda Kenny is presented with a letter from the chairman of the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs committee.
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Mar 21st 2012, 8:27 AM
US Foreign Affairs Committee chair criticises Galway's Che Guevara project
Galway City Council plans to erect a monument marking the revolutionary fighter’s links with the City of the Tribes.
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Feb 29th 2012, 6:23 PM
Hugo Chavez flies to Cuba for 'urgent' cancer treatment
The Venezuelan leader says he will still run in October’s presidential election despite the recurrence of his illness.
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Feb 27th 2012, 2:09 PM
Castro on US presidential hopefuls: 'A contest of idiocy and ignorance'
The former Cuban leader has slammed the Republican Party candidates vying for the nomination to face Barack Obama in the autumn.
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Jan 26th 2012, 1:09 PM
Cuba blames Twitter for helping to spread Castro death rumours
A state-run website says Twitter allowed the phrase ‘fidelcastro’ to trend, furthering a false rumour that he had died.
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Jan 4th 2012, 9:33 PM
Cuba to allow citizens to buy and sell property
The move is part of a series of free-market changes introduced by Raul Castro since he took over from Fidel.
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Nov 3rd 2011, 5:35 PM
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
In tonight’s Fix: Who is on the ballot paper for the presidential election?; why is Ireland’s international reputation falling further?; and just who is Alessio Rastani?
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Sep 27th 2011, 8:10 PM
Fidel Castro labels Obama's UN speech 'gibberish'
The former Cuban leader has dismissed Barack Obama’s recent UN speech and condemned Nato’s campaign in Libya as a “monstrous crime”.
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Sep 27th 2011, 12:09 PM
Where's Hugo? He's running Venezuela on Twitter from his hospital bed
The Venezuelan president has also had plenty to say about his country’s performance at the Copa America.
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Jul 22nd 2011, 10:43 AM
Where's Hugo? He's in Cuba with his pal Castro
New pictures have emerged of the Venezuelan president chatting with his Cuban counterpart.
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Jun 29th 2011, 2:08 PM
Where is Hugo Chavez?
The Venezuelan president reappeared on Twitter on Friday, but he hasn’t been seen in public for two weeks after undergoing surgery in Cuba.
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Jun 26th 2011, 12:27 PM
Cuban leaders fail to follow through on promises to give way to fresh faces
The ailing leader Fidel Castro made a surprise appearance at Communist Party Congress, where delegates elected party veterans to key positions.
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Apr 19th 2011, 9:56 PM
Castro considers introducing 10-year term limit for Cuban leaders
Raul Castro says top politicians should be limited to two five-year terms – signalling a possible withdrawal from public life.
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Apr 17th 2011, 6:05 PM
Fidel Castro 'refused colostomy after swollen colon' - WikiLeaks
The Cuban leader needed convincing to have surgery after being diagnosed with a perforated intestine in 2006, and nearly died.
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Dec 16th 2010, 4:45 PM