New Castro video prompts optimism, skepticism
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HAVANA - After Fidel Castro's first TV interview in three months, some Cubans said the ailing leader appeared healthier than he has in a long time. But in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood, people greeted the new video with skepticism.
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Fidel Castro looked alert and healthier in a new video, the first images released of the ailing leader in more than three months. In the images aired on state television last night, Castro spoke slowly and softly. He mentioned the price of oil and the value of the euro, evidence that the video was recorded yesterday. At times ...
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According to the official line from Cuba, Fidel Castro is very much alive - but that has not stopped fevered speculation in Miami, writes Tracy McVeigh.
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Cuban leader appears alert and upbeat, but gives no hint of possible return to power.
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Cuban state television on Tuesday showed a video of Fidel Castro meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the first images of the ailing leader shown in three months.
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Visiting U.S. lawmakers were told by Cuban officials that the ailing Fidel Castro is not terminally ill and will return to public life, but some of the legislators said they saw in the assurances of Castro's health a growing political vacuum on the Communist island.
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Fidel Castro looked alert and healthier during an hour-long interview taped and aired on Cuban television Friday, responding to rumors of his death with a defiant "here I am." In the first video of the ailing 81-year-old seen in more than three months, a pale but upbeat Castro wore a red, blue and white jumpsuit with "F. Castro" in small block letters.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 -- RaÃÂ¿l Castro has long operated in the backstage of Cuban politics. But his public record, which has emerged over his 19 months as interim president, suggests he might pursue reforms to allow more political and economic latitude on the island.
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HAVANA, June 3 -- Talking at length, grinning for cameras and cracking jokes, Fidel Castro appeared stronger and more vibrant Sunday in the first TV images of the ailing Cuban leader in four months.
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Ailing Fidel Castro is no longer   bed-ridden and is working the telephone giving orders but   whether he will make his first public appearance since falling   ill and show up at a summit hosted by Cuba is still anyone's   guess.
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A group of university students posed tough questions about Cuban society to Parliament chief Ricardo Alarcon, in a video made public through the Internet and distributed in Havana that is causing a stir in the communist-ruled country.
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HAVANA  - Cubans saw President Fidel Castro in awheel-chair on Sunday in television images that showed theCuban leader looking rested after shattering his left knee andfracturing his right arm in a fall on Oct. 20.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro appears on TV in his first interview since undergoing surgery 10 months ago.
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After hearing his unmistakable voice in a good-humored chat played on state television, many Cubans are now convinced Fidel Castro is no longer at death's door and could even return to lead them.
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CUBAN President Fidel Castro, 87, wrote from his hospital bed today that he was doing well after an operation on a knee he broke in a fall.
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New video footage showed an improving   Fidel Castro but Cubans said on Saturday it was clear their   felled leader was still ailing a month after he temporarily   ceded power following intestinal surgery.
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A celebration this week of ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro's 80th birthday has turned into a high-stakes test of his health and political future as the world watches to see if he is well enough to attend.