Fidel Castro 'alive and kicking'
Fidel Castro has broken a long silence by granting an interview to a Venezuelan television station, his first since rumours began to spread that the former Cuban leader might be sick or near death.
A top Cuban official said on Thursday that the revolutionary is in good health.
Photographs of the sit-down with a journalist from Venezolana de Television were posted on Cubadebate, a state-run website. The 85-year-old appears relaxed and healthy in the pictures, sitting in an easy chair and wearing a white jacket and green pants.
The website said the interview occurred Tuesday in Havana, but it had not yet been broadcast and it was not immediately clear when it would be....