Fidel Castro, the First Superdelegate

Greg Grandin : Campaigns & Elections

The retired Cuban dictator has played a vital role in every U.S. presidential election for the last fifty years.

Castro and the Colossus

Robert Scheer : Cuba

He caused the Cuban people much suffering, but the giant to the north bears even greater responsibility for the island's plight.

The Day After Fidel

Peter Kornbluh : Cuba

Most authoritarians leave office in a coup or a coffin. Fidel Castro is leaving on his own terms.

Fidel Lives

Ned Sublette : Cuba

Few Americans, especially those in government, know much about Cuba. And nowhere is that more evident than in the coverage of Fidel Castro's illness and the transition of power.

A Bankrupt Cuba Policy

Wayne S. Smith : Cuba

As Iraq burns and Castro recovers, the Bush Administration's schemes to further "Cuba's transition to democracy" ring more hollow than ever.

The End of the Affair

Achy Obejas : Cuba

A Visit With Castro

Arthur Miller : Cuba

Brilliant, spirited, but he's stayed too long.

The Old Man and the CIA: A Kennedy Plot to Kill Castro?

David Corn & Gus Russo : Cuba

New evidence suggests that John and Robert Kennedy approved of a bizarre scheme to assassinate Fidel Castro at Ernest Hemingway's Cuban farm.