Video | Fidel Castro reappears in public on anniversary of Cuban revolution victory
Walking with a cane and chatting with friends, 87-year-old makes first public outing in nine months at gallery launch in his neighbourhood
Cuban leader Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in nine months, attending an art gallery opening near his home, the local press reported Thursday.
Official media in Cuba and several foreign news outlets ran photographs showing a hunched Castro, 87, using a walking stick as he attended the inauguration of a gallery by Cuban artist Alexis Leyva.
“He greeted artists and residents who applauded the new arrival with emotion,” the official Communist Party newspaper Granma said, describing Castro’s outing on Wednesday evening to the Kcho Estudio Romerillo.
He greeted artists and residents who applauded the new arrival with emotion
The art gallery is next to Castro’s residence in Havana’s Romerillo neighbourhood.
Castro, wearing a black jacket and trousers and an olive scarf, rather than his iconic combat fatigues, appeared fit in photos of the visit published by foreign media.