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Cuba publishes new photo of 'healthy' Fidel Castro

A new photograph of Fidel Castro has been published in Cuba's state-run Communist Youth newspaper, apparently showing the ailing former leader in improved health.

The photograph in Juventud Rebelde, showed Mr Castro talking to Rafael Correa, the visiting Left-wing Ecuadorean president.

Mr Castro, 83, was dressed in a white shirt instead of the tracksuit he has worn in recent photos. The meeting with Rafael Correa occurred on Friday.



Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)