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A timeline of CIA operations in Latin America
The recent strikes on boats in the Caribbean are an extension of a long US tradition of interference in the region.
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From: Inside Story
Is it the end of the Castro era?
Cuba is about to get a new president, and it will not be a Castro after nearly 60 years of their leadership.
Published On 11 Mar 2018
Aminah, born and raised in Cuba, converted to Islam many years ago. She is one of the few women on the island who wears a niqab. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
Fidel Babani is a historian in the Beth Shalom synagogue in Havana. In recent years, even Fidel Castro joined in the Jewish community’s celebrations. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
One of the fathers of the Greek Orthodox Church recites his prayers. The community of this church has grown in recent years. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
The Beth Shalom synagogue, located in the centre of the Cuban capital, was built in 1952. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
As a symbolic monument to the Cuban-Russian friendship, the Russian Orthodox Church Nuestra Senora de Kazan was inaugurated in 2008. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
The Greek Orthodox Church of Cuba is located near the boardwalk of Havana. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
The Abdallah Mosque was inaugurated in July 2015, and Muslims in Havana have access to Spanish editions of the Quran. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
Yacob is the spiritual guide of the only Orthodox synagogue in Cuba, Adath Israel. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
A liturgy is performed in the Greek Orthodox Church in Havana. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
The Muslim community is growing in Cuba, with about 9,000 Muslims on the island today. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
Yacob of Adath Israel reads the Torah. Daily religious services are held here. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
Michel, who was ordained as a Zen monk, is in charge of the Zen dojo in the centre of Havana. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
Yacob’s wife works in the office in Adath Israel. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
This man, who converted to Islam several years ago, shows his collection of stamps of Che Guevara. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
A security guard keeps watch in the area of the Abdallah Mosque 24 hours a day. [Ura Iturralde/Al Jazeera]
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Cubans wave photos of Che Guevara to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his death in Santa Clara, Cuba. [Sven Creutzmann/Mambo photo/Getty Images]
People place photos of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and offerings of cigars and cigarettes at his memorial in Vallegrande, Bolivia on the 50th anniversary of his execution. [Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images]
Susana Osinaga Robles, a nurse who washed Che's corpse 50 years ago, in the laundry room where his body was displayed. [David Mercado/Reuters]
A street sweeper pauses her work to look at posters of Che Guevara on a wall in Vallegrande, Bolivia, on the 50th anniversary of his execution. [Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images]
Bolivian President Evo Morales and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera commemorate the death of Che Guevara 50 years after his execution [David Mercado/Reuters]
Aymara women attend a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Che Guevara's death in Vallegrande, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. [David Mercado/Reuters]
People attend a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara's death in Vallegrande, Bolivia. [Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images]
A woman sits in the schoolroom in La Higuera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia where Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was executed [David Mercado/Reuters]
Cuba's President Raul Castro salutes military officers before an event paying tribute to Cuban Revolution hero Ernesto 'Che' Guevara on the 50th anniversary of his death. [Desmond Boylan/AP Photo]
Chilean supporters pose on a statue of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara during an event to commemorate the anniversary of his death in La Higuera, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. [David Mercado/Reuters]
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Che Guevara 50 years on: His life and legacy
A look back at the life and legacy of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara.
Che Guevara and Fidel Castro: Revolutionary Friends
A legendary friendship borne of youth and revolutionary zeal eventually succumbs to the strains of Cold War realpolitik.
Published On 7 Aug 2017
Cuban human rights and the hypocrisy of the media
‘The spectrum of human rights is wide. But what [the media] do is focus … on the bad parts and ignore the good stuff.’
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A journey through Fidel Castro’s Cuba
After the leader’s death and before his entombment, a Cuban journalist travelled around the country to gauge the mood.
Remembering Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution
Elderly Cubans who lived through the revolution share their memories of Fidel Castro.
From: The Listening Post
Fidel Castro: Contested legacy, competing narratives
We analyse the competing narratives around Fidel Castro; plus, the UK’s new surveillance law, the ‘Snoopers’ Charter’.
Published On 5 Dec 2016
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK
The Fidel Castro that I knew
What Castro really wanted was to ensure his death would serve as a tool to reignite the revolutionary fervour and commitment to socialism of the early days.
