The name of Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro is seen painted on a "chivi chana" during the first "chivi chana" tournament in Havana, June 27, 2009. The "chivi chana" is a toy sled made of wood which is popular amongst urban Cuban youth and is also used as transport by residents of mountainous provinces. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

The name of Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro is seen painted on a "chivi chana" during the first "chivi chana" tournament in Havana, June 27, 2009. The "chivi chana" is a toy sled made of wood which is popular amongst urban Cuban youth and is also used as transport by residents of mountainous provinces.

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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. Former Cuba's President Fidel Castro (R) meets visiting Ecuador's President Rafael Correa in this August 21, 2009 photograph released by Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde. The official Cuban newspaper on Sunday published the photograph of 83-year-old Castro apparently in good health and meeting visiting Correa. Castro, the leader of Cuba's 1959 revolution that brought Communism to the Caribbean island, has remained out of public view for the last three years and in 2008 handed over the presidency to younger brother Raul Castro for health reasons.
  8. 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.
  9. In this photo released by Cuba's newspaper Juventud Rebeld on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa meet in Havana, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009 and. Castro, 83, wore a white shirt instead of the sports apparel he had worn in recent photos.
  10. In this Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, photo taken and released Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009, by Cuba's newspaper Juventud Rebelde, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa meet in Havana. Castro, 83, wore a white shirt instead of the sports apparel he had worn in recent photos.
  11. 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."
  12. 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."
  13. A man takes a picture of an image of Cuban ex-President Fidel Castro, left, at a photo exhibit in Havana, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. Cuba unveiled a photo exhibit Wednesday dedicated to Castro, featuring what one curator calls a recent portrait of the ailing leader, seen at left, on the eve of Castro's 83rd birthday.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Juanita Castro, sister of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, talks during an interview with Reuters in Miami, Florida October 27, 2009.

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