Fidel Castro
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May 24, 1959
On May 24, 1959, The Times published a signed statement of Fidel Castro’s written in response to the question “If you gain power, will you be a dictator?” asked by American correspondent Ruth Lloyd.
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April 20, 1959
On April 20, 1959, The Times reported that after a two hour and 20 minute discussion with Vice President Richard Nixon at the Capitol, Prime Minister Fidel Castro said that his provisional Cuban government “does not want to stay in power one minute longer than is necessary before having free elections.”
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Feb. 17, 1959
On Feb. 17, 1959, The Times reported that Fidel Castro, the 32-year-old leader of Cuba’s revolution, was sworn in as Prime Minister and conceded he faced “the roughest test of my life.”
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Jan. 9, 1959
On Jan. 9. 1959, The Times reported that Fidel Castro, 32-year-old rebel leader who ousted dictator Fulgencio Batista in a grueling two-year revolt, entered Havana in a triumph to the salute of booming guns, pealing church bells and the cheers of hundreds of thousands.
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Jan. 5, 1959
On Jan. 5, 1959, The Times published the first interview with Fidel Castro since the rebel victory in Cuba. Jules Dubois, a Chicago Tribune correspondent spoke with Castro in Holguin, Orient Province, a stop on his victory parade to Havana.
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March 29, 1957
On Mar. 29, 1957, The Times reported that the censorship recently imposed on Cuba by the government of President Fulgencio Batista has in some respects backfired.
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Aug. 2, 1953
On Aug. 2, 1953, The Times, reported that Fidel Castro, student leader at the University of Havana, had confessed he directed the ill-fated rebellion against the government of President Gen. Fulgencio Batista.
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