Cuba's Fidel Castro in first public appearance in months - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in months, refuting persistent rumours that he was gravely ill. Staff at a top hotel in the capital, Havana, said Mr Castro had dropped off a Venezuelan politician on Saturday. Venezuelan ex Vice-President Elias Jaua confirmed he had had a five-hour meeting with Mr Castro, who is 86. Speculation about Mr Castro's health has been constant since his brother Raul took over the presidency in 2006. Mr Jaua told journalists gathered at the Hotel Nacional in Havana that Fidel Castro was "very well, very lucid". [B]'Doing fine'[/B] The Venezuelan politician, who served as vice-president until elections earlier this month, also showed a photograph of the encounter. The last images of Mr Castro to be made public had been from March, when the Cuban ex-leader briefly met Pope Benedict during the pontiff's visit to the Communist island. Mr Castro's long absence from the public stage had fuelled rumours on social media sites that his health had deteriorated, or that he may even have died. But Mr Jaua said the Cuban ex-leader was on good form. "We talked for five hours about agriculture, history, international politics and, well, Fidel is doing fine," he said. Mr Jaua said Mr Castro accompanied him to the Hotel Nacional after the meeting. "He had the courtesy of bringing me to the hotel," Mr Jaua said. Hotel Director Antonio Martinez said he had found Mr Castro "very happy, constantly smiling and talking about a lot of things". Fidel Castro led Cuba after the revolution in 1959, first as Prime Minister (1959-1976) and later as President. In 2006, surgery took Fidel Castro out of public view. His brother Raul became acting president. In February 2008, Fidel Castro officially handed over power to Raul who has been leading the country since.[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-20024018[/url]

[img]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/63626000/jpg/_63626045_fidel.jpg[/img] The photo, for those who don't want to check the source.

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[quote]We talked for five hours about agriculture, history, international politics[/quote] What a lively bunch

I thought he died a few years ago. So much for that.

[QUOTE=KnightVista;38131304]I thought he died a few years ago. So much for that.[/QUOTE] Castro forever

[QUOTE=BusterBluth;38131280]What a lively bunch[/QUOTE] This was reportedly after Fidel did a keg-stand and finished coming off of his salvia trip, mind you.

i like how the title is Cuba's Fidel Castro. like i would've got him mixed up with Estonia's fidel castro

"Cuba's Fidel Castro i..." I was expecting that to finish with "s dead"

[QUOTE=ReligiousNutjob;38131347]"Cuba's Fidel Castro i..." I was expecting that to finish with "s dead"[/QUOTE] tbh I thought he was already dead

[QUOTE=NuclearAnnhilation;38131343]i like how the title is Cuba's Fidel Castro. like i would've got him mixed up with Estonia's fidel castro[/QUOTE] I was expecting a Yahoo thread

[QUOTE=Archimedes;38131328]This was reportedly after Fidel did a keg-stand and finished coming off of his saliva trip, mind you.[/QUOTE] God damn kids, smoking their spit. Don't they know about the dangers of saliva?

Fidel has died. He just comes back. No mortal man can slay him. We must wait for him to expire naturally.

[QUOTE=BusterBluth;38131280]What a lively bunch[/QUOTE] I doubt they'd be interested in discussing the 'hottest' games like CoD, Battlefield, and when the next Half-Life game is going to be released.

Shame.

[QUOTE=Paramud;38131431]God damn kids, smoking their spit. Don't they know about the dangers of saliva?[/QUOTE] Castro's spit is so potent that it's bottled and sold as an energy drink to lesser countries.

[QUOTE=Archimedes;38131762]Castro's spit is so potent that it's bottled and sold as an energy drink to lesser countries.[/QUOTE] lesser countries than cuba? so we're talking like rwanda, ethiopia, cambodia?

[QUOTE=OvB;38131441]Fidel has died. He just comes back. No mortal man can slay him. We must wait for him to expire naturally.[/QUOTE] He's a descendant of Andrew Ryan and has his own personal vita-chamber, dying from trauma will only bring him back.

[QUOTE=Paramud;38131431]God damn kids, smoking their spit. Don't they know about the dangers of saliva?[/QUOTE] i literally used to think it was saliva can you imagine smoking some dudes saliva fuck

[QUOTE=NuclearAnnhilation;38131343]i like how the title is Cuba's Fidel Castro. like i would've got him mixed up with Estonia's fidel castro[/QUOTE] Facepunch's Castro?

this motherfucker is still alive?

[QUOTE=OvB;38131441]Fidel has died. He just comes back. No mortal man can slay him. We must wait for him to expire naturally.[/QUOTE] what about an immortal with a claymore?

[quote=like 5 different people]I thought he was dead![/quote] Castro is not dead, he was never assumed dead, and if the Cuban media is anything to go by (which it probably isn't) he's healthy. What you guys are thinking of is when he stepped down from leadership, something that nobody really expected him to do while he was still alive. If he was dead, you'd know.

Is Juanito with El Presidente?

[QUOTE=Aredbomb;38133645]Castro is not dead, he was never assumed dead, and if the Cuban media is anything to go by (which it probably isn't) he's healthy. What you guys are thinking of is when he stepped down from leadership, something that nobody really expected him to do while he was still alive. If he was dead, you'd know.[/QUOTE] He's had so many failed attempts on his life that he once quipped something like "when I actually die no one will believe it"

Cuban healthcare system at work.

Good to know he'll still be around for a while.

I want to shake his hand, and take one of his cigar butts home as a token of history.

[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;38132034]lesser countries than cuba? so we're talking like rwanda, ethiopia, cambodia?[/QUOTE] Cuba is actually one of the more prosperous countries in Latin America, especially considering the embargo.

[QUOTE=znk666;38147607]Good to know he'll still be around for a while.[/QUOTE] Yay for political oppression.