The Cuban Revolution of 1959 was a major turning point in the history of that island nation. Before the revolution, Cuba's economy revolved around the cultivation of sugar, tobacco, and tropical fruits, most of which were sold to the United States. The...

In 1959, when a radical, violent, brilliant, ruthless young lawyer named Fidel Castro led a successful armed revolt against Cuba's dictator, Fulgencio Batista, many Cubans hoped that decades of repression were at an end. Castro and his fellow...

Human rights in Cuba are a subject of much debate. While Cuba is a signatory to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its constitution has a section outlining the "fundamental rights, duties and guarantees" of the Cuban people,...

Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Cuba's rise to the so-called action panel of the U.N. Human Rights Commission does not besmirch the U.N. body much. After all, the panel has long been discredited by the serial human-rights violators that stand among its 53...

WHILE HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHTLY INSIST THAT THE WARRING PARTIES IN IRAQ TAKE CARE TO AVOID HARMING HOSPITALS AND OTHER MEDICAL FACILITIES, CLOSER TO HOME IN CUBA INDEPENDENT CLINICS AND PHYSICIANS HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DELIBERATE TARGETS OF ATTACK. The clampdown...

Corruption, detainee abuse and deplorable prison conditions were a problem throughout much of Latin America last year, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday, singling out Venezuela and Cuba for having the worst human rights records in the region.The U.S. government's annual survey of human rights...

Corruption, detainee abuse and deplorable prison conditions were a problem throughout much of Latin America last year, the U.S. State Department said, singling out Venezuela and Cuba for having the worst human rights records in the region.The U.S. government's annual survey of human rights practices...