From 1961's Bay of Pigs to resigning as president in 2008. By The Associated Press Former Cuba President Fidel Castro has died at 90, state media announced Friday. Castro, who survived a crippling U.S ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 17, 1961, some 1,400 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple ...

The infamous botched invasion known as the Bay of Pigs happened on this day 58 years ago. On April 17, 1961, the CIA tried to remove Cuban nationalist Fidel Castro from power by planning an invasion ...

Fidel Castro's offer to swap rebel prisoners for heavy-duty tractors has raised a strange debate, in which every speaker seems to vie for irrelevancy. On the one side there are those like Richard ...

Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 U.S. presidents during his half century rule, has died at ...

In Havana there’s a museum so small that it’s easy to mistake for a modest house, so obscure that most Cubans don’t know it exists. It’s no wonder: The Museo Nacional de la Alfabetización isn’t even ...

Fidel Castro's life story is not the story of the leader of a poor underdeveloped nation struggling to survive against the fierce opposition of the United States. For four decades, Castro purposely ...

Cuban state media announced the news Friday evening. By The Associated Press Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and ...