In Fidel Castro’s “Reflections” column this week, he reflects on the fact that Western media all but ignored his country’s brush with Hurricane Gustav last week in lieu of reporting on TV actor Yamil Jaled’s defection from that country....

Chronically and perpetually fatigued former dictator, Fidel Castro, has his own blog! Which is great, because we were wondering when he’d chime in on the whole Selena Gomez / Miley Cyrus / Nick Jonas love triangle. He blogs about...

Raul Castro, who recently took over Cuba after big brother Fidel decided to inch a little closer to the grim reaper’s tentative grasp, has made some so-called sweeping changes on the island. Well, okay, he shipped in some Chinese...

In a move that surprises no one, the Cuban National Assembly officially named Raul Castro, younger brother of Fidel and acting president for the past year and a half, as president of Cuba yesterday. “We have to make our...

At the recent Democratic debate in Austin, Texas, journalist Jorge Ramos (swooooon!) asked audacious presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton how they felt Fidel Castro’s resignation would affect U.S. policy towards Cuba. And they were like, “Horny.” JK!...

Hugo Chavez, who has taken it upon himself to act as former Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s spokesperson to anyone who didn’t run away fast enough, offered his view on his BFFeva’s resignation: Chavez acknowledged Tuesday that Castro, who 19...

Yesterday Fidel Castro up and quit us like some kind of dead beat daddy with a new hooker in town and the ensuing aftermath spurred the startling realization that no one in America or Cuba really gives a shit...

The New York Times is the 27th news outlet today to let us know that the world’s reaction to Fidel Castro’s resignation is “muted” (read: non-existent.) Even in Havana. The consensus from dissidents, loyal Fidelistas and everyone in between...

Now that he’s got that whole “running a Communist dictatorship for five decades” thing under his belt, we can’t help but wonder what Fidel Castro is going to do to keep himself busy. Playing Scrabulous and feverishly adding more...

Posh Spice’s youngest condiment, Cruz Beckham, breakdanced in front of Madison Square Garden last night. Somewhere, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt is feverishly working on The Robot. [dlisted] Avril Lavigne complains about paparazzi, while insisting on doing her shopping at Kitson. Babygirl,...

As noted earlier, no one’s really sure what it means that Fidel Castro officially resigned from the office of president of Cuba this morning. It’s a little underwhelming because he’s been out of commission for the most part since...

Fidel Castro sent a letter to El Granma published on the internet this morning in which he says: I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander-in-chief. After...

Earlier this year, Fidel Castro published for the first time in the United States an autobiography interview entitled, Fidel Castro: My Life co-authored by interviewer Ignacio Ramonet. After finally making it through the many pornographic comic books that surround...

Fidel Castro has heiled hailed Cuban voters, congratulating them on the near 95% turnout for this year’s parliamentary elections: Although the final figure is not clear, officials said turnout had reached 95% with an hour of voting time remaining...

Cuban leader and tracksuit enthusiast Fidel Castro met with Brazilian President President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, proving he is both 1) alive and 2) not dead. What did the two talk about? Who cares! What was Fidel wearing...

Santero priests in Cuba offered their predictions for 2008, staying clear of any mention of Castro or politics and focusing instead of boring-ass shit like the economy and the environment: Santeria priests, known as babalawos, steered clear of politics...

Mexican actress Itatí Cantoral is set to play Fidel Castro’s daughter in an upcoming movie about the Cuban dictator’s life. And, hopefully, about his track suits: “I already have the script. It’s about Fidel’s daughter, Alina. I don’t know...

This past Friday, while most of you were probably, ironically, drinking Cuba Libres until you soiled your Hugo Chavez hotpants and woke up covered in body oil, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was in Cuba talking petroleum:...

Having been granted an audience with Hugo Chavez in October for a piece in GQ, the magazine’s editor, Dylan Jones, has revealed he has a whole host of political firebrands in line for the supermodel to grill. Next up?...

The White House has commented on Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s recent letter, in which Castro announced he might step down from power, by calling it “interesting:” “It was an interesting letter,” White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. “It’s hard...

On the eve of the U.S. release of his kind-of-sort-of-anticipated-by-us autobiography, Fidel Castro: My Life, El Comandante has pulled off the ultimate PR coup by announcing that he may die. The world has lived on speculative crumbs [Ed. Note:...

It’s been quite a while since we last heard from Fidel Castro, but he’s making up for lost time by sending us a new autobiography just in time for Superbowl Sunday. And it’s full of useful tips like this:...

Univision’s Spanish-language Republican debate this past weekend touched upon two of our favorite, most touchable world leaders: Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro. After all, with the debates being held in Miami, it was inevitable that the two would come...

The Gay Shrink is a board certified psychologist. His opinions are his own, though we totes believe whatever the hell he says. Today he weighs in on someone never far from our thoughts. Is it me, or is the...

I know how some of you are expecting a “Chavista” such as myself to react regarding the Chavez election, BUT you would be wrong… there CAN be too much of a good thing (have you ever had a fried...

Hugo Chavez   Fidel Castro...

Speaking of Hugo Chávez, his long-time friend and ally, Cuban leader Fidel Castro praised him in an essay published on the front pages of state newspapers. In the essay, which marks the first time he has broken silence in...

Cuban dissident Oscar Biscet is one of eight individuals set to receive a Medal of Freedom today from President George Bush. Because Cuba’s version of a Presidential Medal of Freedom is an all-expenses paid stay in a luxury suite...

A union group called The Communication Workers of America Local 3178 distributed fliers to Hispanic residents of Miami Beach, claiming city commission candidate Luis Salom had business ties to Fidel Castro’s regime. Salom worked for Cargill Inc., an international...

Cubans: If you think you have it rough being exiled at the hands of a fascist dictator, think again. At least he isn’t your dad. That’s the plight of Alina Fernández Revuelta, daughter of Fidel Castro and Cuban exile...

President Bush is bringing the battle home. Dubya issued a strong warning today that the United States will not tolerate a political transition in Cuba in which power will merely pass to Raúl Castro once his brother, Fidel dies....

With Sunday’s local elections fast approaching, Cuban voters fight off overwhelming apathy to choose which municipal council members will eventually make it to the National Assembly in March. Ninety-five percent of the voting population is expected to turn out in...

61 members of the Los Angeles gang Florencia 13 were arrested for specifically trying to eliminate rival black gangs, and in doing so attacking innocent black residents. Who knew browns could be so racist? Um, everybody. [Post Chronicle] [Image,...

This weekend, Fidel Castro made his first live broadcast in months on none other than Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez’s television show, “Alo, Presidente!” Sure, it was only a phone call, but it was followed by a videotape of a...

The Cuban leader released a column in official newspapers this weekend declaring that former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar tried convincing the U.S. to bomb the hell out of Serbian TV & radio stations during the war in...

Blogger, writer, and Guanabee crush Johnny Diaz wrote a story in today’s Boston Globe about Cuban-American reactions to CBS’s drama Cane. When brainstorming about the show, Cynthia Cidre, Cane’s executive producer and creator said: ”[I wondered,] ‘What is the...

Fidel Castro graced television screens across Cuba this weekend for the first time in three months reaffirming our speculation that he sold his soul to the devil. Seriously, how is he still alive? Fidel aka Satan’s pontiff (or is...

Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez was in Brazil today to meet with that country’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Huey, who is secretly gay, took the opportunity to enlighten us about the current state of ‘El Comandante’ Fidel Castro’s...

We couldn’t believe our eyes when we came across this little number. Guayabera, (pro-nounced “gwa-yah-[BEAR]-ah”) shirts have been in the United States for many decades now. If you’re a dude, you probably have one already and get tons of...

Fidel Castro decided to honor yesterday’s date the only way he knows how these days: by writing a seemingly endless essay that bashes the American government. (Lucky for us, some Cuban TV personality read it on air last night...

After all our obsessing about Fidel Castro’s impending death, we shouldn’t be surprised that he found out about it. But we kinda were when, this morning, the following email was in our inbox: Having much spare time in my...

Poverty and crime are reaching new lows in Caracas as thieves are making a killing (no pun) on selling the used bones of dead folks to black magic subscribers called paleros. According to the LA Times, the recent rise...

One of the last things Cuban dictator Fidel Castro did before dropping off the radar a year ago was buy up 300,000 Chinese refrigerators to replace the old American fridges his people had kept running since the 1950s, the...

Guanabee sat down for a chat with our favorite gay shrink to find out why Fidel Castro is hanging on to this world like an old lady to support hose. Here’s how it went: Guanabee: Let’s cut to the...

This week’s installment of the moribund Cuban dictator’s essay-length “Reflections” is quite the verbose doozie. Fidel Castro’s ghost, er, ghostwriter gets in touch with his snarky side and skewers the so-called “super-revolutionaries” in foreign Marxist nations who’ve called for...

Fidel Castro ain’t dead yet, readers, so this graphic has caught an unexpected second wind. When we said that he danced the babalu yesterday all over reports of his passing, what we really meant was that he was penning...

We’ve had assistant editor Carlos Nobleza Posas continuously pushing refresh on his browser for the past 72 hours and still no news of a dead Cuban dictator. The official word from Havana is that Fidel Castro is very much...

We’ve been reading and hearing rumors on the net and through our well-placed, under-compensated sources that Fidel Castro is no longer with us. These are the kinds of rumors that prompted Cuba’s Foreign Minister to issue a canned, scripted...

• In honor of the news that tortillas now outsell bagels in America, here’s a video from 2006 of University of Arizona grads throwing tortillas during their ceremony. [Wisconson state Journal] • They’re making a comedy film based on...

So much for sucking up to Fidel. Michael Moore’s latest documentary, “Sicko,” a scathing expose (does he do any other kind?) on the shortcomings of the United States healthcare system has been banned in Cuba. The irony being that...