From virtually the moment he and his band of bearded rebels rode into Havana in 1959 until his death from natural causes in 2016, the most iconic leader in Latin America was Fidel Castro. With his ...

Behind the absurdity were real geopolitical stakes: the Bay of Pigs, Soviet alliances, and a superpower unwilling to accept a communist stronghold 90 miles from Florida. But execution after execution ...

Cuban political leader Fidel Castro (1926–2016) lived to the age of 90. After taking power in January 1959, he overcame all assassination attempts orchestrated by the U.S. CIA. Castro’s security chief ...

Art A Photojournalist's Previously Unpublished Images of Fidel Castro's Cuba in the 1960s “What would your State Department say if they knew you had been kept incommunicado in the Sierra Maestra with ...

Connie Francis, 87. The wholesome pop star’s 1950s and ’60s hits included “Pretty Little Baby” and “Who’s Sorry Now?” — the ...

Before becoming known as Gangsta, Pedro Juan de la Osa Medrano, born in Cartagena, wrote songs for artists like Maluma (“11 PM”) and the San Andrés duo Rayo y Toby (“Calor,” which still plays in ...

The CDC recently rewrote its vaccine guidance to suggest shots might cause autism, renewing false claims about vaccines and causing anxiety among parents. Physicians often deal with misinformation, ...