Fidel Castro

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  • Cuba confidential

    Ann Louise Bardach talks about the fading of Fidel, the end of the embargo, and the drive for democracy -- and why exile leaders aren't happy about any of it.
  • Bravo, Jimmy Carter

    His visit can't end Castro's tyranny, Cuba's poverty or the Bush administration's lame policies, but he's the first American politician who has tried to give to Cuba, not just take.
  • Fidel, Monica and me

    Khrushchev's great-granddaughter on her dreams of marrying Cuba's mysterious leader -- and the lessons that Monica Lewinsky offers our so-called democracy.
  • The people's Cuba

    Thierry Le Gouès' new collection of photos, "Popular," reveals Castro's lush and decaying secret.
  • Whorehouse of the Caribbean

    Castro promised to clean up Cuba, but the new poverty has driven many to sell what they can, including their bodies.
  • The U.N.'s millennium bash

    President Clinton shakes Fidel Castro's hand and sits in on a speech by Iran's president at the organization's P.R. bonanza.
  • Venezuela's president is playing with fire

    By befriending U.S. enemies like Saddam Hussein, Hugo Chavez risks alienating his troubled country's biggest trading partner.
  • After Hurricane Elian

    Miami is a city asunder, divided by race, but the Cuban exiles' stranglehold on local and national power has unmistakably eased.
  • Elian, politics and the Roman Empire

    Readers write about the Gonzalez family's telenovela temperament; the cognitive dissonance of liberals; and Diocletian and that damned horse.
  • Elian's closing chapter?

    A legal expert says the Cuban boy's legal saga is slowly winding down.
  • What Elian learned in Georgetown

    Unlike Cuban homes, American houses have swimming pools in the basement.
  • A little boy's night on the town

    A Georgetown society dinner for the Cuban refugee raises eyebrows -- and thickly mascaraed lashes.
  • "A concentration camp on American soil"

    Sen. Bob Smith offers a new description for the Cuban boy's Wye Plantation digs.
  • "I want to see my mommy"

    Sometimes it's easy to forget what a wretched place Castro's Cuba is. Armando Valladaras reminds us.
  • The last supper

    Recounting the negotiators' shocking final hours before the Elian Gonzalez raid.
  • Elian! Nature trumps politics

    Enough is enough! Lazaro's a strutting bullyboy, Marisleysis is a hysterical narcissist; Ralph Nader may get my vote; and Phyllis Diller vs. Gloria Steinem.
  • Shame on Janet Reno

    It was Fidel Castro, not the Miami Gonzalez family, who kept Elian from his father.
  • The Elian metaphor

    If we really cared about Cuban children, we'd end the embargo.
  • Living in shimmering disequilibrium

    The Pulitzer Prize-winning author calls for spiritualizing the environmental movement as Earth endures the greatest mass extinction in 65 million years.
  • A world of their own

    The Miami media recognizes and helps perpetuate a separate reality for Cuban exiles.
  • Showdown in Miami

    Janet Reno's deadline came and went, but Elian stayed put. That didn't stop the city's Cuban-Americans from putting on a Hollywood show.
  • Come to daddy

    Hello, Gonzalezes! Elian's dad and stepmom sure are cute! Plus: Sarah Ferguson calls the kettle fat; James Haven can't stop the madness; and Hugh Grant to grant you the pleasure of his presence in "Bridget Jones's Diary."
  • All in Elian's family

    The media is holding back on the shady past of the young Cuban refugee's Miami relatives.
  • No good can come of this

    Myths and harsh realities in the political sludge match over Elian Gonzalez.
  • Meet Miami's Cuban moderates

    The eruption over Elian Gonzalez is eclipsing a newer, tamer politics emerging in South Florida.
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