New footage of Fidel Castro has been broadcast in Cuba, showing the 83-year-old looking fit and healthy.
Mr Castro was shown in talks with Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa, while footage of him with Venezuelan students at his home was also broadcast.
The 83-year-old has not appeared on camera since undergoing an operation 14 months ago. The chief of the Cuban Communist party was looking stronger and fitter by state TV, which more recently had shown him looking unwell.
In a photograph in state-run media over the weekend, he appeared well; quashing concerns his health had deteriorated over the last few months. He was forced to cede power to his brother Raul, 78, in 2006 due to ailing health.
Cuba's state-run press occasionally publishes photographs of Mr Castro but news of his health is considered a state secret.
Mr Castro was shown in talks with Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa, while footage of him with Venezuelan students at his home was also broadcast.
The 83-year-old has not appeared on camera since undergoing an operation 14 months ago. The chief of the Cuban Communist party was looking stronger and fitter by state TV, which more recently had shown him looking unwell.
In a photograph in state-run media over the weekend, he appeared well; quashing concerns his health had deteriorated over the last few months. He was forced to cede power to his brother Raul, 78, in 2006 due to ailing health.
Cuba's state-run press occasionally publishes photographs of Mr Castro but news of his health is considered a state secret.
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