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Havana - Former Cuban President Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance Wednesday, his first in nine months. The 87-year-old leader of the Cuban Revolution was attending the opening of an arts studio in Havana.

Hoyerswerda - One of seven endangered Cuban crocodiles hatched at the Hoyerswerda Zoo was given the name "Fidel". Apparently his name has caused some problems due to associations with the Communist revolutionary, Fidel Castro, and has had to be changed.

Havana - Revolution Square in Havana is the political and administrative center of Cuba. The most important structures in the Square are a 109-meter tall star-shaped tower, and the statue of José Martí, Cuba's national hero and acclaimed poet and journalist.

Che Guevara died 46 years ago today. Although his face is one of the most iconic images of his own or any generation, what do you actually know about him?

Fidel Castro, the former president of Cuba, has urged North Korea to steer clear of nuclear warfare, saying that Koreans will be faced with one of the most grave risks of nuclear war since the Cuban missile crisis back in 1962.

Caracas - Analysts say Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is close to death after suffering a serious setback during a second round of chemotherapy.

Havana - Cuban President Raul Castro has announced he was step down after his second term ends in 2018. The new parliament named 52-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel as Castro's VP and most likely successor.

Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was brought home from Cuba in the dead of night, Sunday, leaving analysts to ponder whether he has returned to die or lead the country.

Caracas - Hugo Chavez and his political ilk skewered the opposition over their proposed austerity measures before last year’s election; now the Chavez administration is making many of those same cuts while Chavez convalesces in Cuba.

Documents recently declassified by the German government show former Cuban leader Fidel Castro hired former Nazis to counter any contemplated US invasion of Cuba.