A man reads a copy of Juventud Rebelde newspaper in Havana, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2006. The front page displays a picture of a meeting between Cuba's leader Fidel Castro,right, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa held in Havana, Friday, Aug.21, 2009. Sunday's photo in Juventud Rebelde shows the 83-year-old Castro wearing a white shirt instead of the sports apparel he has worn in recent photos. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

A man reads a copy of Juventud Rebelde newspaper in Havana, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2006. The front page displays a picture of a meeting between Cuba's leader Fidel Castro,right, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa held in Havana, Friday, Aug.21, 2009. Sunday's photo in Juventud Rebelde shows the 83-year-old Castro wearing a white shirt instead of the sports apparel he has worn in recent photos.

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  1. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (L) gestures toward a painting of Simon Bolivar, presented as a gift by a group of Venezuelan students, during a three-hour meeting in Havana in this photo taken August 22, 2009 and released August 24, 2009. Fit-looking Castro appeared on Cuban television for the first time since June 2008 and his photograph was published in an official newspaper on Sunday in a signal that his once-failing health has improved.
  2. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) holds a shirt presented as a gift by a group of Venezuelan students during a three-hour meeting in Havana in this photo taken August 22, 2009 and released August 24, 2009. Fit-looking Castro appeared on Cuban television for the first time since June 2008 and his photograph was published in an official newspaper on Sunday in a signal that his once-failing health has improved.
  3. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (L) gestures toward a painting of Simon Bolivar, presented as a gift by a group of Venezuelan students, during a three-hour meeting in Havana in this photo taken August 22, 2009 and released August 24, 2009. Fit-looking Castro appeared on Cuban television for the first time since June 2008 and his photograph was published in an official newspaper on Sunday in a signal that his once-failing health has improved.
  4. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) shakes hands with a Venezuelan student during a three-hour meeting in Havana in this photo taken August 22, 2009 and released August 24, 2009. Fit-looking Castro appeared on Cuban television for the first time since June 2008 and his photograph was published in an official newspaper on Sunday in a signal that his once-failing health has improved.
  5. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (L) holds a souvenir shirt he received from Venezuelan students in this August 22, 2009 video grab from Cuban TV. Fit-looking Fidel Castro appeared on Cuban television for the first time since June 2008 and his photograph was published in an official newspaper on August 23, 2009 in a signal that his once-failing health has improved. Castro, 83, looked aged but in good condition as he spoke with a group of Venezuelan students in a three-hour meeting that took place on August 22, 2009.
  6. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) shakes hands with students from Venezuela in this August 22, 2009 video grab from Cuban TV. Fit-looking Fidel Castro appeared on Cuban television for the first time since June 2008 and his photograph was published in an official newspaper on August 23, 2009 in a signal that his once-failing health has improved. Castro, 83, looked aged but in good condition as he spoke with a group of Venezuelan students in a three-hour meeting that took place on August 22, 2009.
  7. Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro sits in front of a computer during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009. Using the code name Donna, the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro worked undercover for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960s, helping opponents of their communist rule escape execution and imprisonment, she said in memoirs published in exile on Monday.
  8. Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, sits next to a poster for her book "Fidel and Raul, My Brothers, the Secret History", during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009. Using the code name Donna, the younger sister of Fidel and Raul Castro worked undercover for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960s, helping opponents of their communist rule escape execution and imprisonment, she said in memoirs published in exile on Monday.
  9. Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, talks during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009.
  10. Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, talks during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009.
  11. Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, talks during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009.
  12. "Fidel and Raul, My Brothers, the Secret History", the memoirs of Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, is displayed on the table near Castro as she sits during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009.
  13. Cuban President Fidel Castro (R), his brother and Armed Forces Minister Raul Castro (C) stand with Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida as they preside over a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the death of independence hero Antonio Maceo, in Havana in this December 7, 1996 file photo. Almeida, one of the original leaders of the Cuban revolution, has died of heart failure at the age of 82, state-run press said on September 12, 2009. Almeida was at the side of Fidel and Raul Castro from the earliest days of the revolution and was the only black commander in the leadership.
  14. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro signs one of his recent articles for a group of Venezuelan students during a three-hour meeting in Havana in this photo taken August 22, 2009 and released August 24, 2009. Fit-looking Castro appeared on Cuban television for the first time since June 2008 and his photograph was published in an official newspaper on Sunday in a signal that his once-failing health has improved.
  15. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro shakes hands with a Venezuelan student during a three-hour meeting in Havana in this photo taken August 22, 2009 and released August 24, 2009. Fit-looking Castro appeared on Cuban television for the first time since June 2008 and his photograph was published in an official newspaper on Sunday in a signal that his once-failing health has improved.
  16. Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro speaks with a group of Venezuelan students during a three-hour meeting in Havana in this photo taken August 22, 2009 and released August 24, 2009. Fit-looking Castro appeared on Cuban television for the first time since June 2008 and his photograph was published in an official newspaper on Sunday in a signal that his once-failing health has improved.

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