By Voice Of America | On August 3, 2006 | In Americas | Rated 
The Bush administration says it is carefully monitoring the situation in Cuba, after President Fidel Castro temporarily handed power to his brother while undergoing surgery.
By Voice Of America | On August 3, 2006 | In Americas | Rated
Fidel Castro Ruz was born August 13, 1926, on a sugar plantation in eastern Cuba, the son of a Spanish immigrant landholder and a household servant.
By Voice Of America | On August 3, 2006 | In Americas | Rated
The United Nations Children's Fund says a child in a developing country who is breast-fed is almost three times more likely to survive infancy than a child who is not breast-fed.
By Voice Of America | On August 3, 2006 | In Americas | Rated
On a state visit to Hanoi, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hailed Cuban President Fidel Castro, who has been hospitalized following gastro-intestinal surgery. Chavez visited the tomb of former Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, and confirmed a deal to help Vietnam build its first oil refinery.
By Voice Of America | On August 3, 2006 | In Americas | Rated
Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet has answered questions about the bomb attack that killed his predecessor, General Carlos Prats in September 1974.
By Voice Of America | On August 3, 2006 | In Americas | Rated
Cuban exiles in Miami are celebrating the news that Cuban President Fidel Castro has temporarily handed power over to his brother Raul. But the joy has been tempered with calls for caution.
By Voice Of America | On August 3, 2006 | In Americas | Rated
U.S. officials are closely monitoring developments in Cuba, where an ailing President Fidel Castro has temporarily ceded power to his brother Raul, the country's defense minister. The State Department says the U.S. hope, eventually, is for a transition to democracy on the communist-run island.
By Voice Of America | On August 3, 2006 | In Americas | Rated
The only Cuban-born member of the U.S. Senate is expressing hope for democratic transformation in Cuba, after an ailing President Fidel Castro temporarily handed over power to his brother, Raul, the country's defense minister.
By Voice Of America | On August 3, 2006 | In Americas | Rated
White House reaction to the news of Fidel Castro's illness has been cautious and restrained. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports, officials say there will be no change in policy now that his brother Raul, Cuba's defense minister, holds power, at least temporarily.
By Voice Of America | On August 3, 2006 | In Americas | Rated
Cuban President Fidel Castro says his health is stable and that he is in good spirits following surgery.
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