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Castro says he was misinterpreted on Cuban economy (AP)

September 10th, 2010

FILE - An Aug. 23, 2010 file photo provided by the state media Cubadebate web site shows Fidel Castro at a meeting with scientists in Havana, Cuba,  Castro told a visiting American journalist that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work. (AP Photo/Cubadebate/file)AP - Fidel Castro says his comments about Cuba’s communist economic model were misinterpreted by a visiting American journalist.


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Fidel Castro dusts off military uniform (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

Soldiers place a flag covered coffin containing the remains of Cuba's late Brig. Gen. Calixto Garcia on a military vehicle during his state funeral in Havana, Cuba, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010. Garcia, who died Wednesday at age 78, participated in the attack led by Fidel Castro on a Cuban military barracks in 1953. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Fidel Castro dusted off his military fatigues for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a Communist country where little…

New photos show Fidel Castro with US journalist (AP)

August 31st, 2010

In this photo released by the state media Cubadebate web site, Fidel Castro, left, stands with U.S. journalist of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, second from right, and Cuban Jewish Community President Adela Dworin, third from right, at the National Aquarium in Havana, Cuba, Monday Aug. 30, 2010. Goldberg is a national correspondent for the magazine who has written on the Middle East and Iran. (AP Photo/Estudios Revolucion, Cubadebate)AP - Cuba on Tuesday released pictures of Fidel Castro with an American magazine correspondent and a Washington-based policy expert, while a Mexican newspaper published an interview in which the…

Fidel Castro to attend session of Cuba parliament (AP)

August 7th, 2010

In this photo released by the state media Cubadebate web site, Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro, right, gestures during the presentation of his book 'La Victoria Estratégica' or 'The Strategic Victory' in Havana, Cuba, Friday July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Roberto Chile)AP - Fidel Castro will attend a special session of parliament on Saturday, his first appearance in official government proceedings or in front of lawmakers since falling seriously ill four…

Castro speaks slowly, seems relaxed in interview (AP)

July 12th, 2010

In this image released on Saturday July 10, 2010 by the state media Cubadebate website, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, left, sits next to an unidentified man during a visit to the National Center for Scientific Investigation in Havana last July 7, 2010. Castro had not been photographed in public since falling seriously ill in July 2006.(AP Photo/Cubadebate-Alex Castro)AP - Fidel Castro is speaking slowly, but appears relaxed and cogent in his most prominent television interview in years. The 83-year-old former president talked about the conflict between North…

New photos of smiling Fidel Castro posted on Web (AP)

July 10th, 2010

In this image released on Saturday July 10, 2010 by the state media Cubadebate website, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, right, greets an unidentified woman during a visit to the National Center for Scientific Investigation in Havana last July 7, 2010. Castro had not been photographed in public since falling seriously ill in July 2006.(AP Photo/Cubadebate-Alex Castro)AP - New photographs of a smiling, tracksuit-clad Fidel Castro greeting workers at a scientific think tank were posted on the websites of two Cuban journalists Saturday, offering a rare…