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Legend says that he had survived 638 US sponsored assassination attempts. Exploding cigars, poisoned food and infected diving suit could not put a break to his 49-years regime that saw nine US presidents. However, finally to the relief of the mighty Americans, Fidel Castro owing to his failing health has finally decided to step down [...]

Since the ailing Fidel Castro has finally announced his retirement from his positions as President and Commander-in-chief of Cuba, the question that now arises is, will this slackening of the iron grip of communism over the country herald a new economic era for the country? Not that it is possible for a sudden ushering of [...]

The decision by Fidel Castro to step down as the president of Cuba has given a new chance to the US to change its fossilized Cuban policy. Infact, there is no excuse for the US to continue ‘persecuting’ Cuba even while Castro was in power. The country was a threat as long as the Soviet [...]

The rebels in Cuba have launched a cyber war against the high handedness of the Cuban authorities that the Cuban government despite of stringent measures is finding it hard to contain. To prevent the proliferation of liberal thinking in Cuba that might upstage the Communist stronghold of the country, Cubans are denied free access to [...]

With Raul Castro succeeding his brother Fidel Castro as the President of Cuba, Cubans were apprehensive whether this was a continuation of the old Castro regime or whether new changes will usher in. However, Raul Castro has proved that he is more liberal than his brother was as he lifted bans prohibiting Cubans from owning [...]

Is Raul Castro willing to bring changes to the Cuban social, political and economic structure, stepping away from the shadow of his iconic elder brother Fidel Castro? Cuba under Raul Castro is somewhat different from Fidel Castro’s Cuba. The shelves in the stores in Havana are stashed with DVD players, computers, televisions, cell phones and [...]

The post-cold war expansion of NATO has brought many former east bloc nations into the fold of American military influence. The securities of these newly independent nations require to be beefed up, but the coming of the Americans to the very threshold of Russia’s sphere of influence has made the Russians openly object to the [...]