A vintage car drives by a mural showing Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro (R), national hero Jose Marti and revolution leader Che Guevara (L) in Havana August 13, 2009. Castro marked his 83rd birthday on Thursday with a gloomy warning about the global economic crisis, which is hitting his country hard, and a vow to "carry on." Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

A vintage car drives by a mural showing Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro (R), national hero Jose Marti and revolution leader Che Guevara (L) in Havana August 13, 2009. Castro marked his 83rd birthday on Thursday with a gloomy warning about the global economic crisis, which is hitting his country hard, and a vow to "carry on."

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  1. A man rides on his horse carriage past an image of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro in Bayamo, eastern Cuba, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009.
  2. HAVANA - DECEMBER 1: Cuban President Raul Castro (L), brother of Revolution leader Fidel Castro, and Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (R) walk past an honor guard during an official welcome ceremony in the State Council December 1, 2009, in Havana, Cuba. Cuba and Tanzania have had diplomatic relations since 1962.
  3. HAVANA - NOVEMBER 20: Cuban dissident Reinaldo Escobar (C) holds on to friends as supporters of Fidel Castro and the Revolution jostels them on November 20, 2009, in Havana, Cuba. Escobar had challenged the agent, who allegedly roughed up his wife, prominent Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez on November 6, during a dissident march today to a verbal duel in the center of Havana`s Vedado district. Soon after Escobar arrived to wait for the agent at the sport where his wife was detained, government supporters yelled Revolution propaganda and pushed Escobar away. He was finally taken by state agents.
  4. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 19: Former Cuban political prisoners Guillermo Estevez listens to testimony during a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the travel ban for U.S. citizens to Cuba on Capitol Hill November 19, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee heard from witnesses on both sides of the issue as Congress gears up for a battle over Cuba policy, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the decades-old ban on U.S. tourist travel to the island. Estevez, a pilot in the Cuban Air Force, was sentanced to 30 years in prison in 1959 by Fidel Castro's revolutionary government. He served 20 years of hard labor in 12 different prisons where he says he was tortured and isolated.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, talks during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009.
  4. Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, talks during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009.
  5. Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, talks during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009.
  6. "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.
  7. 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.
  8. A man rides on his horse carriage past an image of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro in Bayamo, eastern Cuba, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009.
  9. MILAN, ITALY - NOVEMBER 14: Luke McLean kicks che ball during the Test Match between Italy and New Zealand at the San Siro Stadium on November 14, 2009 in Milan, Italy.
  10. A supporter of Honduran ousted President Manuel Zelaya wearing a headscarf with the image of Argentine-born revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, participates of a meeting at a workers' union on November 8, 2009 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. A deal aimed at ending Honduras' months-long crisis has 'failed,' an aide to Zelaya said, after interim leader Roberto Micheletti formed a government without his participation.
  11. A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya wears a beret with the portrait of Argentine-born revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a pin of Zelaya during a protest against the military coup d'etat in El Hato de En medio neighbourhood in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on October 10, 2009. Dialogue between Zelaya and the de facto government began a three-day pause today, prolonging uncertainty in the almost four-month standoff that followed a June coup. The resumption of talks on Tuesday will come just two days before the October 15 deadline given by the Zelaya camp for his unconditional restitution.
  12. A member of the National Front against the coup listens to ousted Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya's speech next to a frag with the portrait of Argentine-born revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara outside the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa on September 21, 2009. Zelaya made a surprise return to the country almost three months after soldiers expelled him in a coup.
  13. A member of the National Front against the coup listens to ousted Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya's speech next to a frag with the portrait of Argentine-born revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara outside the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa on September 21, 2009. Zelaya made a surprise return to the country almost three months after soldiers expelled him in a coup.
  14. Supporters of ousted Honduran President, Manuel Zelaya, hold a banner of Argentine-born revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara as they remain in the surroundings of the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa on September 21, 2009. Zelaya made a surprise return to the country almost three months after soldiers expelled him in a coup.
  15. A man waves a flag with an image of Latin American revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, in front of the embassy of the United States in San Salvador, to protest against the blockade of Cuba, on September 11, 2009.
  16. A supporter of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya shows a banner with a portrait of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara during a protest of the national Resistence to the Coup d'Etat on September 10, 2009 in Tegucigalpa, during the celebration of the Day of the Child in Honduras.

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