Fidel Castro was every word in the book. The longtime Cuban leader was a revolutionary to many, a dictator to many others. A reader and a thinker as well, Castro, who died on Nov. 25 at 90 ...

On 26 September 1960, Fidel Castro of Cuba remained on the rostrum for 269 minutes, making his address the longest timed speech in General Assembly history. Delivered just one year after the Cuban ...

Although Castro's assault ... on its dynamic defendant. Fidel readily admitted to leading the Moncada attack, and dramatically pronounced: "You may condemn me. History will absolve me." ...