A sticker, that reads in Spanish "Road to democracy," in support of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, sits on the front of a truck in Tegucigalpa, Saturday, June 27, 2009. With backing from Cuba's leader Fidel Castro and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, Zelaya pushed ahead Friday with a referendum on revamping the constitution, risking his rule in a standoff against Congress, the Supreme Court and the military. AP Photo logo AP Photo 5 months ago

A sticker, that reads in Spanish "Road to democracy," in support of Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, sits on the front of a truck in Tegucigalpa, Saturday, June 27, 2009. With backing from Cuba's leader Fidel Castro and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, Zelaya pushed ahead Friday with a referendum on revamping the constitution, risking his rule in a standoff against Congress, the Supreme Court and the military.

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  2. In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, speaks with US actor Sean Penn during a meeting at Miraflores palace in Caracas, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. Chavez said he met privately with Penn and that the Oscar-winning celebrity may film a movie in Venezuela. The woman at center is a translator.
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  5. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, sings as Bolivia's President Evo Morales looks on during the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. During the two-day summit, hosted by Morales, Chavez offered to share use of his country's new satellite with ALBA's other members, which include Ecuador, Cuba and Nicaragua, officials said.
  6. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, talks to Bolivia's President Evo Morales during the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA, Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas group, Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. During the two-day summit, hosted by Morales, Chavez offered to share use of his country's new satellite with ALBA's other members, which include Ecuador, Cuba and Nicaragua, officials said.
  7. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (R) shakes hands with Ecuador's President Rafael Correa during a news conference in Caracas October 7, 2009. The leaders discussed the existing energy and oil bilateral agreements and are expected to sign new deals.
  8. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C-R), and his Ecuadorean counterpart, Rafael Correa, (C-L) are seen amid reporters during a conference in Caracas on October 7, 2009. Correa, who is in Venezuela along with a delegation of ministers, met with Chavez to discuss the current energy and oil bilateral agreements between the two nations, and may sign new agreements, according to Ecuadorean sources.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, talks during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009.
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  13. Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, talks during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009.
  14. "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.
  15. 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.
  16. A man rides on his horse carriage past an image of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro in Bayamo, eastern Cuba, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009.

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