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Fidel Castro

Sean McMeekin and an image of Karl Marx | Illustration: Lex Villena

Communism

Sean McMeekin: Don't Whitewash the History of Communism

Historian Sean McMeekin dissects how communism has enduring and resurgent appeal in the West despite its history of violence and economic disaster.

Nick Gillespie | 2.12.2025 11:00 AM

Billboard comparing Donald Trump to Fidel Castro | NBC 6 South Florida

Free Speech

Billboard Comparing Trump to Fidel Castro Removed After Politician Complained

It's a classic case of jawboning.

Emma Camp | 6.26.2024 2:36 PM

John Stossel is seen next to a socialist symbol and commentator Gloria Alvarez | Stossel TV

Socialism

'It's Like Stockholm Syndrome': Gloria Álvarez Is Trying To Save Latin America From Socialism

"If there is freedom, private property, rule of law, then Latin Americans thrive," says the social media star.

John Stossel | 5.3.2023 1:20 PM

On the left, a storage container full of oil explodes in Matanzas, Cuba. On the right, Cuban President MIguel Díaz-Canel, a graying white man wearing a white shirt, gives a speech at a podium | Irene Perez/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom, CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Newscom

Cuba

Cuba Liberalizes Economy as Economic Crisis and Protests Grow

The island’s communist government announced it would allow foreign investors to enter its nationalized retail industry as it faces shortages, blackouts, and new protests.

Eric Bazail-Eimil | 8.17.2022 3:30 PM

A Cuban-American woman at a protest makes a pro-democracy gesture at a protest | Paul Hennessy/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Cuba

Cuban Exiles, Lawmakers Commemorate Anniversary of July 11 Protests

One year after major pro-democracy protests swept the communist island, dissidents and leaders in the Cuban-American community remain hopeful that change is coming.

Eric Bazail-Eimil | 7.11.2022 4:10 PM

Cuban Doctors | Lex Villena / John Osterhoudt

Cuba

The Myth of Cuban Health Care

How did something so at odds with reality persist for so long? And why is it finally crumbling?

Daniel Raisbeck and John Osterhoudt | 4.18.2022 10:00 AM

Thumbnail (4) | Stossel TV

Ukraine

Let Ukrainian Refugees In

And don't close the door behind them.

John Stossel | 3.30.2022 1:18 PM

CUBA_YPUTUBE | Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press

Cuba

The Decomposition of Cuba's Communist Regime

Martha Bueno's organization, People 4 Cuba, smuggles food and medicine directly into the hands of suffering Cubans to help undermine an oppressive dictatorship.

Zach Weissmueller | 3.16.2022 4:44 PM

Fidel Castro as Savior | Nathalie Walker

Latin America

How Leftist 'Saviors' Ruined Latin America

The Atlas Network's Antonella Marty on the bad ideas that have undermined wealth and stability in the region

Jim Epstein | 12.14.2021 12:58 PM

krtphotoslive904855 | Michael Laughlin/TNS/Newscom

Cuba

Let Trade Topple Cuba's Tyranny

Biden should denounce Cuba’s communist tyranny while pushing for more free trade with Cubans.

Daniel Raisbeck | 11.10.2021 2:00 PM

Illustration: Lex Villena; Courtesy of LOS ULTIMOS FRIKIS

Cuba

The Cuban Heavy Metal Band That Joined the Communist Regime

The members of Zeus fought for the freedom to be frikis. Then they joined the Castro government's official Agency of Rock.

Justin Monticello | 11.9.2021 3:23 PM

dpaphotosfive192318 | Jesus Vargas/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom

Cuba

Cuba's Protests Are a Sign of Imperial Overreach

Busy exploiting its Venezuelan colony, the communist regime failed to see the discontent brewing at home.

Daniel Raisbeck | 7.22.2021 8:00 AM

Lex Villena

Cuba

The Fracturing of Communist Cuba's Propaganda Machine

"When I started my blog," says journalist Yoani Sánchez, "it was like an exorcism of something that was inside of me."

Jim Epstein | 1.6.2021 1:10 PM

petevssanders_1161x653 | Michael Brochstein/Polaris/Newscom

Pete Buttigieg

Buttigieg 'Doesn't Want To Explain' Why Sanders 'Is Encouraging People To Look on the Bright Side of the Castro Regime'

The Midwestern moderate isn't alone is fretting about the radicalism of the current Democratic front-runner.

Scott Shackford | 2.25.2020 12:59 PM

dpaphotosfour424869 | Jeff J. Newman/picture alliance //Newscom

Reason Roundup

Bernie Sanders Defends Pro-Castro Comments

Plus: Congress set to reauthorize PATRIOT Act provisions, Steyer surges in South Carolina, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 2.24.2020 9:30 AM

Large image on homepages | 'Cuba and the Camerman,' Netflix

Cuba

Vapid Cuban Documentarian Unwittingly Stumbles into Country's Despairs

Jon Alpert spent decades asking incredibly dumb questions of Fidel Castro.

Glenn Garvin | 12.15.2017 3:00 PM

Large image on homepages | 'Elian,' CNN

Cuba

CNN Looks Back at Elian Gonzalez Saga

Documentary navigates complex custody fight between Cuba, United States, and Cuban-Americans.

Glenn Garvin | 8.18.2017 3:00 PM

Large image on homepages

Cuba

Mostly Weekly: Trump's Cuba Crackdown

It's time to end the ridiculous embargo.

Sarah Siskind and Andrew Heaton | 6.30.2017 11:46 AM

Fidel Castro

Friday Funnies: Castro's Funeral

Nate Beeler | 12.9.2016 7:00 AM

Large image on homepages | @dmmelsexto/Twitter

Cuba

Cuban Dissident Artist 'El Sexto' Has Been Sitting in Jail For Disrespecting Fidel Castro

Even with free health care and education, some Cubans are still willing to risk their life for free expression.

Anthony Fisher | 12.8.2016 3:40 PM

Large image on homepages | DonkeyHotey/Alex Guibord/Flickr

Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau's Praise of Fidel Castro Gets 'Three Pinocchios'

Turns out you shouldn't trust dictatorships to provide reliable data on health care and education.

Anthony Fisher | 12.5.2016 3:00 PM

Large image on homepages | Fox Sports 1

Police Abuse

Snoop Dogg Says Colin Kaepernick 'Hypocritical' for Praising Castro

Says he should choose to focus on being a football player or a "revolutionary."

Ed Krayewski | 12.2.2016 3:00 PM

Fidel Castro

Friday Funnies: The Case for Term Limits

Chip Bok | 12.2.2016 7:00 AM

Large image on homepages

Cuba

Castro's 'Accomplishments' in Cuba a Load of Nonsense

Cuba has a two-tier healthcare system like all communist countries, lags in other indicators, and lacks basic human rights.

Marian Tupy | 11.29.2016 7:00 AM

Large image on homepages | Ed Sullivan Show

Fidel Castro

When Fidel Castro Went on The Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show

There was a time when many Americans perceived Cuba's late leader as a hero.

Jesse Walker | 11.28.2016 3:32 PM

Large image on homepages | Matt Welch

Cuba

4 Categories of Castro Apologetics, and the Anti-Individualism That Knits Them Together

Bad things happen when you wave off cases of individual repression, either home or abroad.

Matt Welch | 11.28.2016 1:01 PM

Large image on homepages | Giorgio Viera/EFE/Newscom

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Seems Likely to Throw Cold Water on the Thaw in U.S.-Cuba Relations

Following Fidel Castro's death, Republicans want to revert to a policy that failed for half a century.

Anthony Fisher | 11.28.2016 10:55 AM

Large image on homepages

Fidel Castro

Justin Trudeau, Castro's Death, and the Power of Twitter

Twitter users responded to the Canadian PM's idiotic paean to Castro early and often, showcasing free speech as one of its enemies died.

Nick Gillespie | 11.28.2016 9:36 AM

Large image on homepages | JUVENTUD/SIPA/SIPA/Newscom

Cuba

Fidel Castro Dies

Todo se muere.

Ed Krayewski | 11.26.2016 2:06 AM

Large image on homepages | Carlos Gonzalez/ZUMA Press/Newscom

Cuba

Cuban Cigars and Other No-Longer-Forbidden Fruit

Say goodbye to a stupid embargo.

Steve Chapman | 10.31.2016 12:01 AM

Large image on homepages | Flickr/Arturo Pardavila III

Baseball

Miami Marlins Pitcher Jose Fernandez, Survivor of Cuba's Castro Regime, Dies at 24

The father-to-be was one of three killed in a late-night boating accident.

Anthony Fisher | 9.25.2016 11:15 AM

Politics

Still Stuck on Castro

How the press handled a tyrant's farewell

Michael Moynihan | 2.22.2008 12:00 PM

Politics

Inside Cuba Today (1981)

REASON's editor takes a first-hand look at Castro's workers' paradise.

Robert Poole | 10.1.1981 12:00 PM

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