(All photos by Malcolm Davidson) News-Decoder correspondent Malcolm Davidson filed this report from Comandancia la Plata, Fidel Castro’s revolutionary headquarters in the Sierra Maestra mountains. By Malcolm Davidson A small bunch of pink and white flowers lie...
By François Raitberger I had my first glimpse of Fidel Castro on my very first day in Cuba, and I was fascinated and ridiculed. As the Reuters correspondent I was invited to a reception for an African president in the lush gardens of a state villa in Havana. There I...
Michael Arkus, who covered Fidel Castro — winning a memorable interview while swimming with “El Comandante” — reflects on what might have been. Michael Arkus was a Reuters correspondent in Cuba at the start of Fidel Castro’s rule. He has written a...
We asked News-Decoder correspondents for their thoughts and reminiscences about Fidel Castro following the death of the Cuban leader. “Alcohol and music have been banned for nine days.” – Malcolm Davidson I was in Cuba when when news of...
Latin American demagogues such as Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez have made careers with invective and outlandish accusations. Have they met their match in Donald Trump? We asked News-Decoder correspondents, who have lived all over the world and observed many leaders,...