Tag: Fidel Castro
Gabriel Garcia Marquez delivered drug letters from Pablo Escobar to Fidel Castro: Former hitman
The late writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez delivered letters from slain Colombian drug lord Pablo...
Cuba’s Castro and Uruguay’s Mujica talk Colombia peace negotiations
Uruguay President Jose Mujica made his first visit to Cuba during which he sat down for several...
Fidel Castro mocks Obama’s Summit of the Americas fashion
Former Cuban president Fidel Castro ridiculed U.S. president Barack Obama Monday for planning to wear traditional tropical shirts during the Summit of the Americas in Cartagena. President Obama is reportedly set to sport a...
Fidel Castro not on Colombia’s 1,000 peso bill, says designer
The designer of Colombia’s 1,000 peso bill has denied inserting an image of Cuban leader Fidel Castro into the drawing that adorns the currency, reported local media Tuesday. Controversy arose Monday when the director of...
Is Fidel Castro on Colombia’s 1000 peso bill?
It “is possible” that former Cuban President Fidel Castro appears on Colombia’s 1,000 peso bill, said Jose Dario Uribe, the Director of the Central Bank. The bill, which has been in circulation since 2006,...
Garcia Marquez asked President Clinton to fix ties with Cuba
Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez sent U.S. President Bill Clinton a letter in 1999 to re-establish the nation’s foreign relations with Cuba, on behalf of President Fidel Castro, a Portuguese book recently revealed....
