World | Fidel Castro Cuba Unveils Pic of 'Healthy' Fidel Castro By Neal Colgrass Posted Aug 23, 2009 7:52 PM CDT Copied In this Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, photo released today, Cuba's leader Fidel Castro, right, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa meet in Havana. (AP Photo/Juventud Rebelde) Fidel Castro is dressed sharply and looking healthier in a photo released by a state-run newspaper today, the BBC reports. Dressed in a white shirt instead of his trademark tracksuit, with his nearly white hair combed back, the nation's ailing former leader is seen chatting with Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa. He also made made his first television appearance in 14 months this weekend, talking to Venezuelan students. Read These Next Student fatally runs over teacher during toilet paper prank. COVID's long-term effect on the brain may be worse than thought. Fox News apologizes after controversy involving Trump, baseball cap. Ghostbusters actor Jennifer Runyon dies at 65. Report an error