Cuban lawmakers have voted to replace Fidel Castro with his younger brother Raul. ...more

February 24, 2008

Cubans Deserve Support Regarding "Cubans Hope Change Will Break Shackles From Past" (front page, Feb. 20): ...more

February 24, 2008

Fidel Castro on Saturday rejected the idea of major political change after Cuba's parliament chooses a new president - his final published comments as the nation's longtime leader. ...more

February 24, 2008

They are called "Raulistas" - top military men who manage much of Cuba's economy and populate the upper reaches of power. Today, these men likely will ensure that Raul Castro not only succeeds his brother Fidel as president, but also remains in firm control. ...more

February 24, 2008

Fidel Castro said Friday that he made the right call when he called it quits, and he is exhausted and overdue for a vacation. But the old man can't put away his pen just yet, not when U.S. presidential candidates are one-upping each other to show who's toughest on Cuba. ...more

February 23, 2008

Fidel Castro, who is 81 and ailing, initiated a rare moment of political uncertainty in Cuba when he resigned this week after nearly five decades in power. He and his brother Raul represent the generation known in Cuba as the "historicos," those who rose to power because of their active early support for the revolution. ...more

February 22, 2008

The Left's favorite dictator, Fidel Castro, is "resigning" as Cuba's president of the Council of State. Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., who was born in Cuba and, at the age of 15, along with his brother, was evacuated from Cuba during Operation Pedro Pan, observed: "...Castro has resigned from a position he was never elected to in the first place." ...more

February 22, 2008

They've traveled the world. Surfed the Web. And watched news direct from the BBC and CNN, rather than filtered through a government censor. ...more

February 22, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused Democratic presidential rival Sen. Barack Obama of political plagiarism Thursday night during a campaign debate and said he represents "change you can Xerox." ...more

February 22, 2008

Fidel Castro's leaving office on his own terms is not the kind of change that successive American presidents have envisioned for Cuba. In fact, it's a sign that U.S. efforts to isolate that country and bring down its socialist government have failed. ...more

February 21, 2008