NYT’s Helene Cooper Defends Fidel Castro, Decries America’s ‘View’ of Him

Furiati was a supporter of Castro and had close ties with his family.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, whose father is from Cuba, told ABC News This Week that the coming days will be a test of resolve.

The death of the iconic revolutionary figure, 90-year-old Fidel Castro, and Trump’s election are raising questions about what will happen to the warming of U.S.

“You’ll have to ask each of these individual leaders”. “And I think we will certainly look back at the airport tomorrow and feel quite privileged that we’ve been here”.

Independent Alliance Minister Finian McGrath has described the death of Fidel Castro as a “very sad day” and claimed numerous human rights abuses spoken of were “exaggerated”, writes Daniel McConnell, Political Editor.

At St. Brendan Catholic Church in the Miami suburb of Westchester, a member of the chorus read a statement by Archbishop Thomas Wenski about Castro’s death before the service.

The two countries established ties in 1960 and Castro visited the North in 1986 to meet with Kim Il-sung, the country’s founder and Kim Jong-un’s grandfather. “A legendary revolutionary and orator, Mr. Castro made significant improvements to the education and healthcare of his island nation”. Manuel Gonzales, 74, said via telephone from his home in Hialeah, near Miami.

Exiled in Miami since 1964, the 83-year-old, who worked with United States intelligence says that Castro called her a “counter revolutionary worm” after she sold off some livestock belonging to the family. Over about five weeks, more than 35,000 Cubans took Castro at his word and sailed away on makeshift rafts while authorities stood by.

Rubio expressed disappointed with the president, saying that Obama offering condolences to Castro’s family was “pathetic”.

“They tell us, sorry but we are not serving beer”, said Sawicki. For some, particularly younger Cubans, Castro’s death barely registered. His ashes will travel from Havana to Santiago, reversing his rebel army’s 1959 sweep from the Sierra Maestra to the capital after ousting US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista and be buried December 4 in the southeastern city.

The Cuban government must move toward enacting greater freedoms for its people and giving Americans something in return if it wants to keep warmer USA relations initiated by President Barack Obama, top aides to President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday.

Gonzalez was 5 when he, his mother and others attempted a sea crossing between Cuba and the United States in 1999.

KELEMEN: While President Obama downplayed Fidel Castro’s role in this diplomatic opening, Cuba-watchers see this as a matter of debate.

HAVANA (AP) – A nine-story portrait of a young Fidel Castro has joined the towering images of fallen guerrillas overlooking Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution, the massive square where Cuba on Monday begins bidding farewell to the man who ruled the island for almost half a century. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) warned that Cuban President Raul Castro is not the softer Castro brother that some make him out to be but has “more blood on his hands” than Fidel.

In 2015, Cuban Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel met with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on the 55-year anniversary of their diplomatic relations.