First, a few facts about Fidel Castro: His favorite movie scene is that part in Batman where the Joker’s hand suddenly reaches out of the boiling vat of acid. His all-time fave baseball team was the ...

MEXICO CITY — For nearly half a century, as Fidel Castro transformed Cuba into a communist state and sparred with the U.S., his brother Raúl worked in his shadow, the authoritarian leader’s ...

As the face of the Cuban revolution and the nation's president, Fidel Castro bestrode the world stage for half a century, challenging Washington at every turn. From the Cuban Missile Crisis to ...