Raul Castro
Greece
Greek PM Meets with Presidents; Raul Castro, Rousseff and Correa in New York
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras met with a number of national leaders on Monday, during his participation in the United Nations General Assembly's annual General Debate that is taking place in New York.
He met with Cuban President Raul Castro who invited...
Greece
Cuban Leaders Congratulate Greek PM Tsipras on Referendum Outcome
With international reaction to Sunday's "No" vote in the Greek referendum varying, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras received unambiguous congratulatory messages from Cuba's authority siblings, Fidel and Raul Castro.
Fidel Castro, Cuba's leader from 1959 and 2008, congratulated Tsipras and Greece for their "brave" victory in...
Greece
Nephew of Fidel Castro Denies Rumors of Cuban Leader's Death from Athens
Alejandro Castro Espin -- son of current Cuban leader, Raul Castro, and nephew of iconic figure of the Cuban Revolution and former leader of the island, Fidel Castro -- during a visit in Athens, denied the rumors of his...
Economy
Tsipras Presses Rehn on Debt Relief
It wasn't a receptive audience, but Greece's major opposition party Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras, meeting in Strasbourg, France with European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn, told him that Greece can't afford to...