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12 Asylum-Seekers Julián Castro Escorted To The U.S. Border Sent Back To Mexico

Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro walked with a group of asylum-seekers and their lawyers from Mexico to Texas on Monday. Hours later, CBP released the asylum-seekers back into Mexico. John Locher/AP hide caption

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2020 Candidate Conversations: Off Script

12 Asylum-Seekers Julián Castro Escorted To The U.S. Border Sent Back To Mexico

October 8, 2019 • The asylum-seekers, who were in Matamoros, Mexico, because of the Trump administration's Migrant Protection Protocols policy, said they faced violence and harassment because they identify as LGBTQ.

Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, Oldest Son Of Cuban Leader, Takes His Own Life

A photo from 2002 shows Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart (right), with his father, Cuban leader Fidel Castro during the Havana Book Fair opening. Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The Two-Way

Fidel Castro Díaz-Balart, Oldest Son Of Cuban Leader, Takes His Own Life

February 2, 2018 • Known as "Fidelito" or "Little Castro," he largely stayed out of the limelight. Cuban state media says he was being treated for depression at the time of his death.

Are Cuba's Communist Leaders Ready For Life Without Castro?

Cuban President Raúl Castro (left), Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés (center) and Cuban Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel sit side by side at the Artemisa Mausoleum monument in July 2014. Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Latin America

Are Cuba's Communist Leaders Ready For Life Without Castro?

April 16, 2016 • Under a cloud of secrecy, the island's top leaders are gathering for a party meeting that may usher in the beginning of the post-Castro world.

Stranger Than Fiction: Cuba, Spies, Bombs And Dance

Lorna Burdsall with Fidel Castro in Havana, 1983. Courtesy of Gabriela Burdsall hide caption

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Courtesy of Gabriela Burdsall

Goats and Soda

Stranger Than Fiction: Cuba, Spies, Bombs And Dance

March 18, 2016 • A fairy-tale romance between a dancer from Connecticut and a young Cuban studying at Columbia turned into a political thriller — and resulted in the unlikely birth of a new art form in Cuba.

Stranger Than Fiction: Cuba, Spies, Bombs And Dance

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