The Castro Collection -- Workers' Web Online Reader - A collection of articles and speeches by Cuban President Fidel Castro. 'We began with a revolutionary people' - Fidel Castro's 1961 speech made after the defeat of the US backed "Bay of Pigs" invasion. Fidel Castro History Archive - Speeches and writings by Fidel Castro from 1953 to 2013. Castro Speech Database - Contains the full text of many speeches by Fidel Castro, from 1959 to the present. American Experience - PBS documentary provides maps, timeline, and teachers guide. [English/Spanish] Castro Death Watch - Weblog with commentary and links to news articles. Castro, Fidel: The Rise to Power - Brief history through early 1960s, by Shannon Maxwell Eldridge.