"HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- Former Cuban President Fidel Castro appeared Tuesday in a video broadcast on Cuban television, the first scenes of the ailing revolutionary leader released since January.

The video was broadcast on the state-run Cuban television's news program. It showed the 81-year-old wearing a red, white and blue track suit -- the colors of ( Read more... )

Communist youth newspaper Juventud Rebelde quotes Elian Gonzalez as saying he will never let down ex-President Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro, who succeeded Fidel earlier this year.

Now 14, Elian was 6 when Miami relatives lost their fight to keep him in the United States and he was returned to Cuba in mid-2000 with his father.

Elian ( Read more... )

"HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro blasted Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday for his criticism of the Cuban government this week, saying McCain had shown why he finished near the bottom of his class at West Point."

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"McCain, speaking in Miami on Tuesday, vowed to maintain the United States' 46-year-long trade ( Read more... )