The Russian-made jeep carrying the ashes of the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro broke down in the middle of his funeral procession on Saturday, forcing soldiers to push the vehicle until it could be repaired.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed hope that Donald Trump would support the quest for an independent Palestinian state, despite his declaration that Palestinians “know nothing about” the president-elect.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, in bidding farewell to the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro during a ceremony in Havana attended by various world leaders, quoted the island nation’s independence leader José Martí, saying, “Mexico is a land of refuge.”
Following his arrest Friday night, Cuban anti-communist graffiti artist Danilo Maldonado has received severe beating in prison, where he is being detained on no charges. Maldonado took to the streets of Havana Friday to celebrate the death of dictator Fidel Castro, spray-painting the phrase “he’s gone” on the outside of a building.
On Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily, SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam asked former U.N. Ambassador and AEI Senior Fellow John Bolton for his thoughts on the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
As Cuba continues to endure a mandatory nine-day mourning period for its late dictator Fidel Castro, the nation’s Santeria priests (babalawos) have once again begun to speculate about decades-old rumors that Castro practiced their African religion and to warn that Castro’s spirit may still haunt the island.
In a speech to Cuban government officials, South African President Jacob Zuma praised the communist dictator Fidel Castro as someone who embraced the values of “internationalism, liberty, equality and justice.”
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro reportedly left behind millions in private mansions, yachts, private islands, and even a personal cheese factory. While the Castro family has imposed a mandatory nine-day mourning period over Cuba, questions remain as to who will inherit the head of state’s fortune.
Elián González, once a Cuban refugee child made famous after the Clinton administration abducted him from his home at gunpoint and sent him to Cuba, is being given significant airtime as a 22-year-old commemorating the life of dictator Fidel Castro on Cuban state television.
Radical leftist Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was among the few leaders representing Europe at an hours-long event commemorating the life of dictator Fidel Castro in Cuba, praising the brutal tyrant as an “international symbol of struggle and resistance” who “inspired political and social changes in Latin America.”
The nine-day mandatory mourning period continued in Cuba on Tuesday, the designated day for foreign leaders to speak of the legacy of dictator Fidel Castro. Castro’s brother, dictator Raúl, announced the 90-year-old’s death on Friday. Cuba has imposed a mourning
U.S. President Barack Obama is to send a more senior representative to the funeral of Communist dictator Fidel Castro than he did to the funeral of Margaret Thatcher. Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes will attend the funeral of the
The repressive Cuban government urged its people to reaffirm their belief in a communist, single party system as they bid farewell to Fidel Castro by signing an oath of loyalty to the dictator’s ideology.
While the freedom-loving peoples of the world, especially the Cuban exile community in the United States, celebrate the death of dictator Fidel Castro, the Cuban government has recruited a who’s who of leftist elites to mourn at his funeral, including delegations from Iran, South Africa, and North Korea.
One ice cream shop in Miami is celebrating Fidel Castro’s death with a new ice cream flavor.
Cuban families across the United States reveled in telling their older relatives this Friday that dictator Fidel Castro had died, with some posting reaction videos of their parents and grandparents hearing that the man who forced them out of their country could no longer persecute them.
Cuban television appears to have mistakenly broadcast a conversation in which a producer warns a news anchor that the communist government has banned the use of “good morning,” “good afternoon” and “good night” during the mandatory nine-day mourning period for dictator Fidel Castro.
A senior White House aide to President Barack Obama will attend Cuba dictator Fidel Castro’s memorial service, according to the White House press secretary Josh Earnest.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office has confirmed that he will not be attending the funeral of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, a man Trudeau has called a “larger-than-life” leader and “legendary revolutionary.” The Prime Minister’s office issued a statement only
Tuesday on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings With Maria,” former Mexican President Vicente Fox compared President-elect Donald Trump to the late communist Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. Fox said, “Castro was a dictator and a very dangerous and terrible dictator. But Cuban
I have long said that President Obama’s greatest failure as a leader is his refusal to hate and condemn evil. Could there be any greater confirmation than his strange statement about Fidel Castro, just six weeks before he leaves office?
Upon the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, many mainstream media outlets and sports pages happily denoted his wonderful devotion to the sport of baseball. But few noted how he used the sport like he used everything else, as a weapon to oppress his people and promote his own desires.
On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews argued there was “too much romanticism” about Fidel Castro in the US and mocked arguments that Castro was good for education and healthcare by saying Castro wasn’t very good for the
During an interview on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s “Karen Hunter Show,” Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN), who is a candidate for DNC Chair stated that Fidel Castro “confronted people with a lot of power on behalf of people that didn’t have
Upon the passing of one of the world’s most murderous dictators, some in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement praised Fidel Castro and proclaimed an “overwhelming sense of loss” upon his death.
If Fidel Castro’s death, plus the arrival of a new U.S. administration, are the double whammy that finally brings change to Cuba, here are five dissident artists who will help usher in the post-Castro era.
The Obama administration continues to avoid condemning Cuban dictator Fidel Castro’s atrocities, as the president pursues his ongoing attempt to normalize relations with Communist Cuba. During the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest described Castro as a “towering figure.”
Monday, ESPN Radio’s “The Dan Le Batard Show” welcomed Miami Dolphins linebacker and Cuban-American Kiko Alonso on to discuss his team’s victory over the San Francisco 49ers, who are led by Fidel Castro apologist Colin Kaepernick. Alonso aided in stopping Kaepernick
Talk radio host and Fox News star Sean Hannity talked about the 2016 election with SiriusXM host Matt Boyle on Monday’s Breitbart News Daily.
Senior Trump campaign adviser A.J. Delgado joined SiriusXM host Matt Boyle on Monday morning’s Breitbart News Daily to offer her thoughts on the death of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and discuss the reaction of President-elect Donald Trump and his team.
Monday, ESPN’s Dan Le Batard reacted on his ESPN Radio show to the responses world leaders have made in regards to the death of Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro. Le Batard, whose parents are Cuban refugees, criticized world leaders such as Canadian
The Cuban communist regime has imposed a nine-day mourning period following the death of dictator Fidel Castro, banning the public sales of alcohol, playing music, or “public spectacles.”
Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello has followed in the tradition of other liberal celebrities by defending former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in the wake of his death at age 90 on Friday.
Colin Kaepernick attempted to clarify his earlier comments about Fidel Castro, after the 49ers loss to the Dolphins in Miami on Sunday.
Sunday, San Francisco 49ers quarterback and Fidel Castro supporter Colin Kaepernick was greeted in Miami by loud boos as he took the field against the Dolphins. The fanbase, consisting of many Cuban-Americans, booed the controversial quarterback who wore a shirt with
There is irony in the convergence of two story lines this month.
Donald Trump reacted to the death of Fidel Castro by calling him a “brutal dictator,” while Obama’s statement was more diplomatic and offered “condolences” to the Castro family.
“Castro was not just an enemy of his own people, and an oppressor and a gangster, but he was also someone who hated America,” Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) says. He also told Breitbart News that if President-elect Donald Trump asked him to lead the State Department, he would accept as a matter of duty.
North Korea is observing a three-day period of mourning for Fidel Castro, seen by the North as a rare comrade-in-arms against the common enemy of the United States.
TEL AVIV – Palestinian leaders mourned the death of Cuban President Fidel Castro, hailing the revolutionary leader as a “comrade” to the Palestinian cause who supported the battle against “Zionist imperialism.”