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Reinaldo Arenas in France in June 1988. The writer believed homosexuality began to flourish in Cuba as a protest against Fidel Castro’s regime. (Louis Monier/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images)

‘Before Night Falls’: Reinaldo Arenas breaks down (in) Fidel Castro’s Cuba

Reinaldo Arenas’s memoir reveals the contradiction of a revolutionary society ruled by an autocrat

Activists hold large gay rally in Cuba

Cuba’s gay community celebrated unprecedented openness — and high-ranking political alliances — with a government-backed campaign against homophobia on Saturday. The meeting at a…

Cuba looks to golf to boost tourism

The only time Cuba’s Fidel Castro is known to have played golf was in 1961, in a stunt thumbing his nose at the United States. Now that Fidel has handed over power to his…

Castro stepping down as Cuba’s leader

Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he will not return to lead the country as president or commander-in-chief, retiring as head of state 49 years after he…

Che Guevara still inspires, four decades after death

Forty years after the death of Ernesto ”Che” Guevara, the turbulent life of Cuba’s revolutionary hero continues to inspire films and books, while his stoic image and…

Castro caps all the rage in Cuba

Cuban leader Fidel Castro may have dropped out of sight, but his trademark green military cap is everywhere. Nearly 49 years after Castro’s socialist revolution, the Fidel cap is…