Fidel Castro - A Profile
Frank Calzon, a Cuban pro-democracy activist, says many of his one-time supporters became disillusioned and fled the island. "He is a man who made a lot of promises to the Cuban people. Cubans were going to have freedom. They were going to have honest government," said Calzon. "They were going to have a return to the constitution," said Calzon. "Instead, what he gave them was a Stalinist type of government." DETAILS
US Watching Castro Health Crisis
The State Department says the U.S. hope, eventually, is for a transition to democracy on the communist-run island.
Fidel Castro has been a major political irritant to the United States for decades. But the Bush administration is, at least publicly, taking a low-key approach to the Cuban leader's latest health crisis. DETAILS
