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• Cuban revolutionary Che art flap at Reno airport;

  no changes in a temporary art exhibit despite criticism of a painting of a Latin American revolutionary who fought alongside Fidel Castro during the Cuban revolution.Airport spokesman Brian Kulpin says the painting of Ernesto "Che" Guevara will remain on display   Read more »

• Modest crowd for Marlins game after Ozzie flap

  the first pitch Friday, ready to root for the home team but not quite prepared to forget Ozzie Guillen 's remarks about Fidel Castro ."I'm here to support the players," Diaz said, "and to support all the workers at the stadium who are not at fault for what   Read more »

• Ozzie Guillen apologizes to Marlins, exits

  team in an ongoing attempt to tamp down the firestorm he created with published remarks about former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro ."At least he's owning up to it; he's not trying to hide from it or shy away from it," Miami closer Heath Bell said of manager   Read more »

• Mexico's President Calderon in Cuba for talks

  was put off until now, when Calderon has just months left in office.Mexico and Cuba have a long, mostly friendly history. Fidel Castro launched his 1959 revolution from exile in the Mexican capital. Under the Institutional Revolutionary Party , or PRI, which   Read more »

• Players mostly mum on Ozzie Guillen

  suspension imposed on Miami manager Ozzie Guillen by Marlins management for recent comments supporting Cuban leader Fidel Castro , it is that mixing sports and politics can be costly. Yankees manager Joe Girardi once managed the Marlins and understands the   Read more »

Around the web

• New Jackie Gingrich Cushman for 05/31/2012

  at such a young age. Why did his father have to die? Could his death been avoided? Why did he have to lose his father? Fidel Castro wrested the reins of power over Cuba from military dictator Fulgencio Batista on Jan. 1, 1959. Luis Haza was eight. At the time, 5/30/12 from Creators Syndicate Read more »

• Hugo Chávez's Mystery Cancer And Venezuela's Looming Power Vacuum

  President Hugo Chávez appeared vigorous and in high spirits, wearing a track suit like his Socialist comrade Fidel Castro, in front of television cameras as he stepped off the plane in Caracas earlier this month. He was coming home following his latest round 5/30/12 from International Business Times Read more »

• Superman, Spider-Man, and friends photobomb history

  and Fidel Castro? Indonesian photographer Agan Harahap gets familiar with the stories behind iconic historic photos, then adds superheroes (and the occasional villain) for a new twist. The so-called Big Three (is it the Big Four?) at the Yalta Conference. 5/30/12 from CNET Read more »

• Fla. Sen. Marco Rubio visits Guantanamo

  top congressional Democrats broke with President Barack Obama on Tuesday over his administration's decision to issue Fidel Castro's niece a visa to attend a conference this week in San Francisco. For freshman Sen. Marco Rubio, a rising GOP figure seen as a 5/30/12 from San Luis Obispo Tribune Read more »

• SYRIA: Killing Innocent Civilians as part of a US Covert Op. Mobilizing Public Support for a R2P War against Syria

  to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's then new leader, communist Fidel Castro. America's top military brass even contemplated causing U.S. military casualties, writing: "We could blow up a U.S. ship   from Global Research Read more »