Fidel Castro said US President Barack Obama “misinterpreted” his brother Raul’s sentiments toward the United States.

Fifty years after triumphant armed rebels descended from the eastern mountains, communist Cuba celebrated the revolution’s anniversary with toned-down festivities following a trio of devastating hurricanes and under the enduring public absence of an ailing Fidel Castro.

TWO of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara’s children have said they are tired of seeing their father’s image used to sell everything from T-shirts to vodka, calling the growth of the revolutionary as a global super-brand embarrassing.

Ailing leader Fidel Castro today resigned as Cuba’s leader after nearly a half-century, saying he would not accept a new term when the newly elected parliament meets on Sunday.

Cuba announced today that interim leader Raul Castro will give this week’s Revolution Day address.

The CIA recruited a former FBI agent to approach two of America’s most-wanted mobsters and gave them poison pills meant for Fidel Castro during his first year in power, according to newly-declassified papers.

Cuban leader Fidel Castro has paid tribute to his late sister-in-law, guerrilla warrior and women’s rights pioneer Vilma Espin Guillois.

Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage sought to dispel growing speculation about Fidel Castro’s health, saying he does not have stomach cancer and is recuperating well after surgery that prompted him to step aside temporarily.

Fidel Castro, who took control of Cuba in 1959, rebuffed repeated US attempts to oust him and survived communism’s demise almost everywhere else, temporarily relinquished his presidential powers to his brother Raul last night because of surgery.

Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez went on a pilgrimage yesterday to Che Guevara’s house.

Andy Garcia will make his feature directorial debut on The Lost City, a drama set in the waning golden days of Havana.