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## Fidel Castro


* ![CUBA-CASTRO-DECEASE-TOMB](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8ec5dc4c00573a26/6988b0c30a4a225cd69cc416/gettyimages-627657892.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 5, 2016  
## [After Castro—5 Nations Where Dictators Still Rule](https://time.com/4587639/fidel-castro-death-autocracies/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Ian Bremmer
* ![Donald Trump Holds Weekend Meetings In Bedminster, NJ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9a6f35a38d2dd5b4/6988afab656a3f5a0cbcdf75/gettyimages-624646266.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 28, 2016  
## [Donald Trump Threatens to 'Terminate' Cuba Deal](https://time.com/4583419/donald-trump-cuba-fidel-castro/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![Fidel Castro at May Day Parade](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt711c3cf6ac263fe8/6988afb9656a3f018bbcdf8b/celeb-fidel-castro-death.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 27, 2016  
## [Cuban-American Celebrities React to Fidel Castro's Death](https://time.com/4582816/cuban-american-fidel-castro-death/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Mahita Gajanan
* ![Key Speakers At The APEC 2016 Conference](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf1321aca709f980e/6988afc32dce0112239eb8ca/obama15.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 26, 2016  
## [Obama: History Will Judge Castro](https://time.com/4582706/president-obama-fidel-castro-statement/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Maya Rhodan
* ![The Oct. 8, 1965 issue of TIME.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt42086acf8f880bc4/6988afbf428a9e42b7cd51da/castro-time-cover-03.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 26, 2016  
## [See Every Fidel Castro Appearance on the Cover of TIME](https://time.com/4582670/fidel-castro-dead-every-time-cover/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Katie Reilly  
* ![Miami Residents React To The Death Of Fidel Castro](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt35cbdcf4278bf5cb/6988afc2cd1bba39e5703397/miami-cuban-americans-fidel-castro.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 26, 2016  
## [Miami Residents Celebrate Fidel Castro's Death](https://time.com/4582682/fidel-castro-dead-miami-demonstrations/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Katie Reilly
* ![Fidel Castro, Cuban "victory tour," 1959.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta13b5055d108cd7a/69877932428a9e32cacc67d9/150109-fidel-castro-10.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 26, 2016  
## [LIFE With Fidel Castro: See Early Photos of the Cuban Leader](https://time.com/3662292/fidel-castro-early-photos-life/)  
by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
* ![The Jan. 26, 1959, cover of TIME](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3211fa6e3ee4d99/69876f7d8e0601fd214594a0/1101590126_400-1.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 26, 2016  
## [How Castro Went From Revolutionary to Ruler](https://time.com/3666177/fidel-castro-cuba-history/)  
[HISTORY](/section/history/)  
by Lily Rothman
* ![People stand outside a currency exchange shop to change money in Havana](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5df31edd4bcf8342/698894bdbc6cfc5e893dd1fc/rtsazfb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 25, 2016  
## [Cubans Will Be Allowed to Set Up Businesses](https://time.com/4347237/cuba-small-medium-business-economy/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Simon Lewis
* ![Fidel Castro, Cuba's former president, during a rare public appearance to attend the inauguration of an art gallery in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 8, 2014.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc94021f662c2083d/69888cacab6d77de6a6a902c/gettyimages-461468411.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 28, 2016  
## [Fidel Castro Registers His Disapproval of Obama Visit](https://time.com/4273442/fidel-castro-barack-obama-cuba/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Tessa Berenson Rogers  
* ![Cuban President Castro addresses attendees during the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a5fc89c73b39d87/698865ebab6d7779d66a66a9/rtx1syb8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 29, 2015  
## [End U.S. Trade Embargo, Cuban President Says](https://time.com/4053324/raul-castro-cuba-trade-embargo-united-nations/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![<span class="photo-essays-link"><span class="separator">&#x30fb;](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt785cfa6e4448d9ea/69886520ab6d7774e76a653f/13.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 28, 2015  
## [A Rare Glimpse Into Daily Cuban Life Across the Decades](https://time.com/4047431/a-rare-glimpse-into-daily-cuban-life-across-the-decades/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rachel Lowry
* ![Pope Francis leaves for Cuba](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7e4c0b6caa2197f/69886461196cf4ecfc0381a2/04938012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 19, 2015  
## [Pope Francis Meets Raúl Castro in Havana](https://time.com/4041566/pope-francis-us-visit-raul-castro/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Elizabeth Dias
* ![Fidel Castro Makes Rare Public Appearance In Havana](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a1968ec5d393e52/69885f3fe20a874666a8cbe3/gettyimages-461468433-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 14, 2015  
## [Cuba’s Fidel Castro to the U.S.: You Owe Us Millions](https://time.com/3997869/fidel-castro-millions/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Fortune
* ![Children wearing Fidel Castro beards and hats, playing in the woods in 1959.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1839106212db944c/69885ba48e0601305b461767/150720-castro-beards-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 24, 2015  
## [When American Children Donned Castro Beards for Playtime](https://time.com/3964915/castro-beards/)  
by Eliza Berman

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