393957 03: Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) talks with Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) during the opening session of the World Conference Against Racism August 31, 2001 in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa. (Photo by PPO/Getty Images)
President Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro
392855 03: Cuban President Fidel Castro, left, and his brother Raul Castro, speak to each other August 3, 2001 during a session of the National Assembly legislature in Havana. The parliament condemned U.S. President George W. Bush''s "cruel" policies on Cuba, and called for the release of five Cuban agents jailed in Miami on spy-related charges. (Photo by Jorge Rey/Getty Images)
Maureen O'Hara
Irish actress Maureen O'Hara meets with Fidel Castro. Original Publication: People Disc - HH0395 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Khrushchev & Castro
Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro (left) and Soviet politician Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev in Moscow. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Castro And Nixon
Cuban President Fidel Castro shaking hands with American vice-president Richard Nixon during a press reception in Washington. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Fidel Castro
Cuban leader Fidel Castro is presented with an invitation to the New York Press Photographer's Ball, New York City, April 23, 1959. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Communists Unite
7th May 1964: Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro with Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev (1894 - 1971) at the Lenin Mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Photo Speech
5th July 1968: Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, presents a photograph in which General Ovando Candia and other men of the Bolivian Army get drunk to celebrate the murder of Che Guevara, the Latin American revolutionary. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Castro In Moscow
6th May 1963: Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev going up a moving staircase at Moscow amongst a cheering crowd. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Castro Leads Massive Anti-U.S. Demo
HAVANA - MAY 14: Cuban President Fidel Castro gives a speech in front of the U.S. Interest Section May 14, 2004 in Havana. Castro led a massive protest march against new U.S. moves aimed at speeding the end of his communist rule, and raised the prospect of a feared U.S. invasion. (Photo by Jorge Rey/Getty Images)
Fidel Castro Rallies Cubans In Havana
HAVANA, CUBA - JUNE 21: Cuban President Fidel Castro waves a Cuban flag during a demonstration outside the U.S. Interest Section June 21, 2004 in Havana, Cuba. Castro addressed tens of thousands of Cubans, criticizing U.S. travel restrictions. (Photo by Jorge Rey/Getty Images)
Yasser Arafat In Cricitcal Condition In French Hospital
UNDATED: (FILE PHOTO) In this undated handout from the Palestinian Press Office (PPO), PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat ((L) shares a joke with Cuban President Fidel Castro. Palestinian aides claimed November 4, 2004 that Palestinian President Yasser Arafat was in a coma and in critical condition in the intensive care unit at a military hospital in France after his health suddenly deteriorated. (Photo by PPO/Getty Images)
TV grab from the Cuban television of an
HAVANA, CUBA: TV grab from the Cuban television of an interview broadcast 30 January, 2007 between Cuban President Fidel Castro and his friend Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (out of frame) on Monday. Cuba's ailing Castro was shown on Cuban television Tuesday telling his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez that his recovery was "far from being a lost battle." The 80-year-old revolutionary leader, who was shown standing and chatting with Chavez, looked far fitter than he did when images of him were last broadcast here three months ago. The Cuban president "provisionally" handed power to his brother Raul six months ago on July 31 just four days after undergoing surgery. AFP PHOTO STR MAXIMUM QUALITY AVAILABLE (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
(FILES) Cuban First Secretary of the Cub
(FILES) Cuban First Secretary of the Cuban Communist party and President of the State Council Fidel Castro (L) is shown in file photo dated May 1963 holding the hand of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev during a four-week offical visit to Moscow. Fidel Castro resigned on February 19, 2008 as president and commander in chief of Cuba in a message published in the online version of the official daily Granma. AFP-PHOTO 5 POL CUB AFP/FILES (Photo credit should read OFF/AFP/Getty Images)
(FILES) Photo taken in the 60's of Fidel
(FILES) Photo taken in the 60's of Fidel Castro, then Cuban Prime Minister (R) during a meeting next to guerrilla leader Ernesto Che Guevara in Havana. Castro resigned on February 19, 2008 as president and commander in chief of Cuba in a message published in the online version of the official daily Granma. AFP PHOTO/CUBA's COUNCIL OF STATE ARCHIVE (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
(FILES) South African President Nelson M
(FILES) South African President Nelson Mandela (R) greets Cuban leader Fidel Castro as he arrives for the opening of the 12th Non-Aligned Movement summit in Durban on September 2, 1998. Castro resigned Tuesday as president and commander in chief of Cuba in a message published in the online version of the official daily Granma. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)
(FILE) Cuban President Fidel Castro (L)
(FILE) Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) and his brother Raul, chat on December 23, 2003 in Havana, during a meeting of the Cuban Parliament. Raul Castro succeeded his brother Fidel Castro as the president of Cuba on February 24, 2008, in a historic power shift expected to keep Havana firmly on its communist path, officials said. The announcement was made to the national assembly by newly reelected speaker Ricardo Alarcon. AFP PHOTO/Adalberto ROQUE (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
Fidel Castro Receives Lula
HAVANA - FEBRUARY 24: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout image provided by the Brazlian Presidency, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Fidel Castro (R) speaks with Brazil?s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) during a private meeting on February 24, 2010 in Havana, Cuba. Lula is on a two day visit to Cuba after having attended the Summit of the Group of Rio states in Mexico. (Photo by Ricardo Stuckert/Brazlian Presidency via Getty Images)
Fidel Castro Receives Lula
HAVANA - FEBRUARY 24: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) In this handout image provided by the Brazlian Presidency, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Fidel Castro (R) speaks with Brazil?s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) during a private meeting on February 24, 2010 in Havana, Cuba. Lula is on a two day visit to Cuba after having attended the Summit of the Group of Rio states in Mexico. (Photo by Ricardo Stuckert/Brazlian Presidency via Getty Images)
Picture released by Brazil's presidentia
Picture released by Brazil's presidential press office of Cuban leader Fidel Castro during a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Havana, on February 24, 2010. More than 50 Cuban political prisoners asked Lula da Silva to intercede on their behalf before President Raul Castro, who voiced regret Wednesday at the death of leading dissidentOrlando Zapata Tamayo on a prison hunger strike, and denied the rights activist had been tortured. AFP PHOTO/RICARDO STUCKERT RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE (Photo credit should read RICARDO STUCKERT/AFP/Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI Makes First Visit To Cuba
HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 29: Pope Benedict XVI meets with former Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) at the Vatican embassy on March 29, 2012 in Havana, Cuba. The Pope is finishing up his first trip to Cuba, fourteen years after Pope John Paul II visited the communist country. (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano Vatican-Pool/Getty Images)
Pope Benedict XVI Makes First Visit To Cuba
HAVANA, CUBA - MARCH 29: Pope Benedict XVI meets with former Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) at the Vatican embassy on March 29, 2012 in Havana, Cuba. The Pope is finishing up his first trip to Cuba, fourteen years after Pope John Paul II visited the communist country. (Photo by L'Osservatore Romano Vatican-Pool/Getty Images)
SAFRICA-MANDELA-CASTRO
Former South African president Nelson Mandela (L) hug with Cuban president Fidel Castro at Mandela's office in Johannesburg 02 September 2001. Castro who took part in the UN World Racism conference in Durban used the opportunity to visit Mandela, whose health is effected by cancer. AFP PHOTO YOAV LEMMER (Photo credit should read YOAV LEMMER/AFP/Getty Images)
CUBA-CHAVEZ-CASTRO 2
Venezuelan president-elect Hugo Chavez (L) is welcomed by Cuban leader Fidel Castro upon his arrival at the Jose Marti airport in Havana 16 January. Chavez, Castro and Colombian president Andres Pastrana, currently in Cuba, are to hold a Latin-American mini-summit in Havana 17 January, in an effort to negociate peace talks between The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and Pastrana's government. The three leaders are also expected to discuss other topics including tumbling oil prices that have shaken the economies of Colombia and Venezuela. The populist Chavez and Castro, a long-time suporter of rebel movements throughout the Americas who has agreed to play a role in Colombia's attempt to negociate peace with leftist guerrillas, are both believed to be influential forces in persuading Marxist insurgents to lay down their arms. AFP PHOTO/ADALBERTO ROQUE (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
BIO-CASTRO-SADDAM HUSSEIN
HAVANA - JANUARY 30: Iraqi vice-president Saddam Hussein (C), stands with Cuban President Fidel Castro (L) and Defense minister General Raul Castro (R), 30 January 1979 in Havana, during his visit to Cuba. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)
CUBA-US-CASTRO-CARTER
HAVANA - MAY 12: Former US President Jimmy Carter (L) shakes hands with Cuban President Fidel Castro 12 May, 2002, at the State Council in Havana, where Castro, Carter and their respective delegations met for a working meeting. Carter is on a five-day visit to Cuba, invited by Castro. (Photo by Adalberto ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
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