Seventy-three-year-old retired banker Bernardo Benes negotiated the release of 3,600 political prisoners in 1978, as well as ensuring the right of Cuban exiles to visit family still on the island. Now, he’s hoping to meet with Raul Castro in...

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...

Proving that, while it may last five decades, nothing bad lasts forever, President Raul Castro has lifted restrictions on certain electronic items Cubans were not previously allowed to own: “Based on the improved availability of electricity the government at...

Hugo Chavez, who seems to have a lot of free time for the ruler of a nation, spoke with Cuba’s new president in five decades, Raul Castro, on the phone during his weekly radio show: Chavez and Raul Castro...

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!...

The Cuban government, under the leadership of Raul Castro, has released four dissidents: reporters Jose Ramon and Alejandro Gonzalez, Omar Pernet and trade unionist Pedro Alvarez. The four arrived in Madrid, with three more dissidents expected to be flown...

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....

Yesterday’s Cuba Revolution Day unofficially marked the one year anniversary of Fidel Castro’s last appearance in public, setting off the chain of events that would lead us to create this Deathwatch. (We would’ve covered the event as it went...