Invasion in 1961. Among the American People, castro inspired devotion and contempt. His supporters saw him as social justice icon who brought Free Education and healthcare for all cuban citizens and his critics reviolated him as a dictator consumed with power and drove his country to economic neglect. Last night, thousands took to the streets to celebrate castros death in little havana. It was welcomed among the community of cuban exiles who fled the country after castro took power. From the white house, this statement for nearly six decad s s between the United States and cuba marked by discord and profound disagreements. During my presidency we worked hard to put the past behind us pursuing a future in which the relationship between our two countries are defined not by our differences but among the many things as neighbors and friends. Bonds of family, culture and humanity and includes cuban americans who care so much for our country and care deeply for their loved ones in cuba. We o
Pushing . Its hard. On capitol hill, the New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters and in nashville, tennessee, Pulitzer Prize winning historian, john mee j meachem. Except for michigan losing, it was great. What a game that was. Fantastic game. Brutal. Great game. My dad and mom came to visit. My dad actually stayed more than an hour. Did he really . Yes, he did. He was threatening to leave immediately. Obsessed with the michigan ohio state game too . We were talking a lot about transition and we taught him about instagram. He thought it was fascinating and selfinvolved. Hes right on both counts. And stupid. Western culture on the skids basically is what he said. Something like that. Lets get right to the news. Theres so much to report from here. Trump is back in new york and begins his week with another full day of transition meetings. Over the Holiday Weekend there was more public jockeying for that secretary of state position especially by rudy. Rudy out front. Hes out there again. The
90. Cuban president raul castro announced his brothers deaths last night on state television. Leading cuba for five seconds after taking power in the 1959 revolution. Under castros leadership, cuba became a singleparty state, and the only communist government in the western hemisphere. He outlasted Nine American president s before he stepped down in 2008, among the cuban people, castro inspired a mix of devotion and contempt. His supporters saw him as a social justice icon who brought universal education and Free Health Care for all cuban citizens, but his enemies revile him as a dictator who was consumed with power and who drove the country to economic neglect. Celebrations in miamis Little Havana community may not have stopped last night. Thousands of cuban americans took to the streets to celebrate castros death. The news was welcomed among the community of cuban exiles who fled the country after castro took power. For more on the celebration in miamis Little Havana, lest go to kerr
When spain conquered cuba in the sixteenth century it introduced not only slaves from africa but catholicism from europe. For centuries the church was closely associated with the ruling class but with the communists victory in one nine hundred fifty nine this changed dramatically fearing the new rulers many priests fled the island and the churches influence declined a van and never broke off diplomatic relations but dealings with the vatican were strained it wasnt until the one nine hundred eighty s. That they began to improve then in one thousand nine hundred six the pope invited fidel castro to Raul John Paul the second visit to cuba two years later marked the start of a new era in church state relations. Sunday in a suburb of vanna on the far side of the harbor its Early Morning and the choir is practicing for the mass. That is the camp Like Community in antonio de tat us doesnt have a Permanent Church instead one is improvised for each service. The new temple as they call churches
Cubans have approved a sweeping family law code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt as well as redefining rights for children and grandparents, officials said Monday.