FIDEL CASTRO
Castro, Ever the Politician, Consolidates His Grip on Power
Wednesday, February 4, 1998; Page A21
Not only were rumors of Fidel Castro's death unfounded, but over the last four months he has undertaken a series of tactical maneuvers that make it clear he remains firmly in control of Cuba.

At 70, a Revolutionary Turns Reflective
Sunday, August 18, 1996; Page A26
No one is predicting that Fidel Castro is about to reach those limits, but government officials and diplomats said reaching 70 seems to have turned the thoughts of one of the century's most ardent revolutionaries inward.

Castro's Tenacious Talent for Survival
Saturday, May 9, 1992; Page A01
Despite some fraying at the edges and scattered signs of social tensions, there is no sign that President Fidel Castro's 33-year-old Communist regime is at the point of collapse.

ECONOMY
U.S. Businesses Eye Trade With Cuba
Wednesday, July 28, 1999; Page A1
The Clinton administration's liberalized interpretation of licensing requirements for Americans visiting Cuba, part of a series of measures announced early this year, has opened the door to pent-up demand for more contact with the island, particularly among business and agricultural interests.

Cubans Work for U.S., Spend Money in Communist State
Wednesday, January 28, 1998; Page A04
Many Cubans are employed by the U.S. government to help maintain military equipment at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo, a welcoming bay along the southeast corner of this tropical island.

U.S. to Ease Some Curbs Against Cuba
Friday, March 20, 1998; Page A01
President Clinton will allow Cuban Americans to resume sending money directly to relatives to Cuba and to permit charter flights from the United States to the island nation in an effort to capitalize on a changed atmosphere in Cuba inspired by the visit of Pope John Paul II.

Cuba Opts to Legalize the Dollar
Sunday, July 25, 1993; Page A01
Faced with a steep economic decline and punishing U.S. trade embargo, Cuba's Marxist government is embarking on its deepest and riskiest economic changes since the revolution, including legalizing the use of American dollars by Cubans.

Cuba's Lures Denied to Cubans
Sunday, August 9, 1992; Page A31
Cuba's swing to tourism is bringing in vital hard currency, but the accompanying bitterness among Cubans denied access to the lures laid out for foreigners has grown to the point that President Fidel Castro is on the stump in defense.

HISTORY
Kennedy Qualified Pledge Not to Invade Cuba
Tuesday, January 7, 1992; Page A12
Highly classified correspondence between President John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev as they settled the 1962 Cuban missile crisis does not contain an unconditional commitment by Kennedy that the United States would not mount another invasion of Cuba.

CIA Records Offer In-Depth Look at Cuban Missile Crisis
Monday, October 19, 1992; Page A10
Thirty years after the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, newly released documents from the Central Intelligence Agency's files show that election-year politics and diplomatic sensitivities influenced handling of early intelligence about stepped-up Soviet military activities in Cuba.

Castro and the Paranoia of Revolutionary Resistance
Sunday, April 28, 1991; Page C03
It was 30 years ago this month that the United States launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion, its most visible attempt to get rid of the Fidel Castro regime in Cuba. As it turned out, the invasion was the vanguard of an anti-Castro policy that has continued virtually uninterrupted to this day.

MARIEL BOATLIFT
Three Marielitos, Three Manifest Destinies
Tuesday, July 9, 1996; Page A01
This is the story of three people who were part in one of the most remarkable waves of immigration in recent U.S. history. But somewhere in the decade and a half between youth and middle age, they took divergent paths.

RELIGION
Havana to Reinstate Christmas
Wednesday, December 2, 1998; Page A31
Nearly three decades after Christmas was officially canceled here, Cuba's ruling political body said that the holiday should be reinstated. The declaration was a major concession to the Catholic Church, which is pushing to expand religious freedom in this tightly controlled Communist country.

A Papal Counterrevolution
Friday, January 23, 1998; Page A01
In his first open-air Mass of his visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II voiced despair over the easy access to abortion and high rate of divorce in Cuba and chastised the Cuban government's long-standing ban on Catholic education.

TOURISM
Invading Cuba
Sunday, October 18, 1998; Page E01
The State Department discourages Americans from traveling as tourists to the struggling communist country 90 miles off the Florida coast, and a 36-year-old trade embargo restricts U.S. visitors from spending money there. Cuba, however, has become the trendy traveler's destination of the moment.

Halcyon Days in Old Havana
Sunday, June 13, 1993; Page E01
One reporter went to Havana prepared for almost anything: socialist grimness, historical ironies, shortages of everything from toilet paper to taxis, anti-American slogans, antique American cars, bureaucracy, intrigue, resentment, vows of "Socialismo o muerte" ("Socialism or death"), tragedy and farce, sunshine and seediness, good music and bad food.