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Judi Lynn

(160,593 posts) Sat Apr 4, 2015, 05:57 PM Apr 2015

Cuba's Fidel Castro makes a rare public appearance to greet delegation from Venezuela

Cuba's Fidel Castro makes a rare public appearance to greet delegation from Venezuela
Updated 5 April 2015, 7:10 AEST

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro makes his first public appearance in more than a year, greeting a delegation from Venezuela.

Former Cuban president and revolutionary icon Fidel Castro has made his first public appearance in more than a year.

Mr Castro, 88, was photographed by the state-run newspaper Granma which showed him shaking hands with Venezuelan supporters through the windows of a minivan.

Granma published four photographs of a bearded Mr Castro, wearing a blue and white tracksuit, a black cap and a hearing aid.

Mr Castro led Cuba for nearly half a century before handing over power to his brother, Raul, in 2006 because of ill health.

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Sun Apr 5, 2015, 04:45 PM

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Fidel Castro — 'Full of Vitality' — Makes First Public Appearance in More Than a Year

By Olivia Becker
April 4, 2015 | 4:08 pm

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro recently made his first public appearance in more than a year during an event greeting visitors from Venezuela, according to Cuban state media.

CubaDebate, a state media outlet, published photos Saturday of the 88-year-old former leader shaking hands with members of a crowd in Havana. The encounter took place March 30, according to CubaDebate, but it was unclear why the pictures were not published until nearly a week after.

The pictures show a bearded Castro wearing a baseball cap and athletic jacket leaning out of a window of a car to shake hands with members of a crowd outside of an athletic complex. CubaDebate said the meeting was a "chance encounter," and that, contrary to rumors of his ailing health, "Fidel is full of vitality."

Castro spoke to the crowd on topics of youth employment, agriculture, and the political situation in Venezuela after the death of former President Hugo Chavez, said CubaDebate.

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