Old Commies Don’t Die…

August 24, 2009 at 11:25 am
…they just appear on state-run television.
From Reuters: Former leader Fidel Castro appeared on Sunday on Cuban television for the first time since June of last year in a video of him chatting with students from Venezuela.

Castro, 83, appeared to be in good condition as he spoke with the students about the state of the world in a meeting that took place on Saturday in Havana, according to the television report.

Saved from his own socialised health system by Spanis doctors, at 83 he’s proof of the old saying “those whom the Gods love, die young”.

The BBC, in a lovely bit of reporting, notes that he looks “fit”, “”healthy”, and has ditched the tracksuit in favour of a white shirt. Marvellous.