Fidel Castro, Still Loving Adidas, Appears on TV

Footage of Fidel Castro was released yesterday, showing the former Cuban president visiting with Venezulan President Hugo Chavez and his young brother Raul Castro, who now rules Cuba. Per CBS News:

A thin but animated Castro, dressed in an open-neck track suit over pajamas, is seen in a spirited conversation with the other two men in an unidentified garden setting. There is no audio, but the government news anchor said the three were discussing the global food crisis and the U.S. elections, among other issues.

Last month, the 81-year-old Castro wrote an editorial for Cuban newspaper Granma (reprinted by the Guardian) essentially supporting Barack Obama, noting the presidential candidate's progressiveness, but also criticized him, "Were I to defend him, I would do his adversaries a favour. I have therefore no reservations about criticising him and expressing myself frankly."

Castro resigned from the Cuban presidency in February, after almost 50 years of rule.

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By Jen Chung in News on June 18, 2008 8:28 AM

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sonyactivision

So we'll know he's finally dead when some gelatinous goo trickles out of that track suit?

Guest

#3, we all know that Miami is just southern NYC for old people who have given up.

berniegoetz

The original Big Papi. Next time they do any construction on a U.S. facility, someone should bury one of Castro's old uniforms under the concrete.

Jen Chung

@ mocanlagunas, I feel Castro defies city and country boundaries--he was our Communist leader next door for so long!

PBRK

NBC described Castro as "frail" this morning, but the clips they played showed him to be more lively than I have ever seen McCain.

mocanlagunas

And this is in Gothamist why?

Maybe in Miamiist... :-p

babyhitler

That's gotta be one for the record books. Does Guinness have a record for most years of absolute control and total power? that's not a bad gig. 50 years? that's longer than most monarchy's after 4 lines of succession. He's lived through 10 American Presidents. crazy.