The Castro family, which had been in power in Cuba for over fifty years, ended their time in the political limelight when Raul Castro announced he would be stepping down as president of the country on...

Symbol of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro was pronounced dead on Friday, Nov. 25.  After leading Cuba for nearly half a century, as both prime minister and president, Fidel Castro's death has shook...

Throughout the latter half of the 20th century, diplomacy was beset by the conflicting ideologies of communism and capitalism; the United States, by assuming an anti-communist stance through the Truman...