Absolved?

"'No sober person in Latin America wants to adopt the Cuban system. But wherever he went in Latin America he received a raving ovation,' said Wayne Smith, a veteran U.S. diplomat who served in Havana. 'Why? Because he stood up to the United States, told us where to go, and got away with it."

Carol J. Williams in the Los Angeles Times writes an obituary for Fidel Castro.

Thirteen Daze

Michael Dobbs in The New York Times and Jon Wiener in the Los Angeles Times discuss the legacy of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

As does Benjamin Schwartz in The Atlantic.

Thirteen Days

The Los Angeles Times runs an obit for Richard Stephen Heyser, the U-2 pilot whose photos started the Cuban Missile Crisis.