Castrogate

This is one of four photographs published Sunday Aug. 13, 2006 by Cuba's Communist Youth newspaper's online edition Juventud Rebelde proporting to show The first photographs of Fidel Castro since his illness two weeks ago. Castro holds a copy of the Saturday Aug. 12, 2006 edition of Granma, the Communist Party newspaper. The headline reads "Absolved by history." The Associated Press cannot verify the authenticity or the date when these photographs were shot. (AP Photo/HO)


Current photos of Castro...

Hmmmmmmmm...

HAVANA (Reuters) -- Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro appeared in photographs published on Sunday to reassure Cubans he was still alive on his 80th birthday while his brother Raul made his first public appearance since becoming acting president.

...The communist youth newspaper Juventud Rebelde published what it said were current pictures of Fidel Castro, along with a message attributed to the leader saying his condition had improved but that he faced a long recovery.

They were the first photographs of Castro since he relinquished power to his younger brother.

The pictures showed Castro in a bedroom, wearing a track suit and sitting in a chair speaking on the telephone.

The four photographs of Castro, showing him from the waist up, included one of him holding a birthday supplement published by the Communist Party newspaper Granma on Saturday, an apparent move to show the pictures were current.

I haven't any concrete, indisputable proof yet, but I'm certain that the above photo is fake.

I believe that it's a bad photoshop effort.

Anyone can see that it's Castro's head on Bela Karolyi's body.


The paper that the Karolyi Castro is holding also appears to be doctored. And the hands and fingers look suspicious.