Fidel Castro Suddenly Back in View on Cuban TV

Havana - Fidel Castro is striding back into the spotlight after years behind the scenes and out of view.
Days later photographed in public for the first time after he fell ill in 2006, the 83-year-old revolutionary leader is expected to contribute to the high state television appearance Monday to discuss his concerns about the Middle East.
Castro's appearance on the Mesa Redonda - or a round table every day, talk about current events which is usually broadcast live on state media said the entire island was front-page story in the Communist-Party daily Granma.
The announcement did not specify if the program will be broadcast live, and government officials to the Associated Press had no comment. Castro also appeared in a videotaped interviews with Cuban television in June and September 2007.
But are extremely rare because of serious illness in July 2006 forced him to step down - the first temporary than permanent, and hand power to his younger brother Raul. Photos senior Castro greeting workers at a Science Center published by pro-government and state media blogs last week, the first time she has been photographed in public at that time.
Castro's sudden reemergence comes after the abrupt announcement last week that Cuba will be free 52 political prisoners in the next few months under the deal the Roman Catholic Church.
While Cubans have become standard in reading Castro's writings in the world of local media, he remained largely out of public eye since ceding power, which helps to Raul Castro solidify, his place as head of the country after a lifetime spent most of his famous brother's shadow.
Cubans reacted with surprise to the word of Fidel Castro's relative media blitz.
I think it will have a positive impact on people," the 21-year-old student David Suarez told AP. "It will give hope that the next time he will help solve our problems.
Magaly Delgado Rojo, 72-year-old retiree in Havana's Playa neighborhood, that should be made carefully think out of the Cuban leadership.
The pictures (published last week), and now Round Table is scheduled to send the message:" I am here, and I at the top of everything ... I am a part of every decision is made, "he said. "This is not random at all. This is calculated.
Castro remains head of Cuba's Communist Party and continued to publish his thoughts on world events often opinion pieces, called reflection. He recently voiced alarm about America's standoff with Iran over nuclear issues, as well as a deadly Israeli raid on an aid convoy headed to Gaza.
Castro warned of a few reflections on the past few weeks, that a nuclear conflagration involving Iran, Israel and the United States is inevitable, going so far as to say that the World Cup was to keep the confusion to people's attention on the global destruction.
After the game inside the game in the World Cup, that satanic news trickles out slowly, so nobody worried about that," Castro wrote on June 24.
Both Castros are ruled Cuba since overthrowing dictator Fulgencio Batista 1959 in Fidel's health for years been frequent rumors - particularly among exiles in Florida, and his television appearance will undoubtedly be examined for signs of his aging.
The photographs of Fidel published this weekend were taken Wednesday by scientific think tank in Havana. He has shown smiling and waving to employees, appearing calm and happy, but little stooped. Granma republished pictures on Monday under the history of his upcoming television appearance.
Cuba is occasionally released photographs showing Castro in private meetings with officials, recently visited during February in Brazil, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. But he was not photographed in a public setting since 2006.
Castro appeared in a 50 minute taped interview with the host at Mesa Redonda, Randy Alonso, 2007 June, and to discuss Vietnam and other topics. That the appearance was announced more than a day before it aired.
He also made a Cuban television for an hour-long interview in September of that year, knocking down a slew of rumors of his death. That the appearance was announced only minutes before the broadcast.
One month later, he called to live broadcast featuring Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, close Castro ally was visiting Cuba. Castro sounded healthy and good humor, but he had not seen.
Castro has also appeared in videos and photographs with visiting presidents and other dignitaries.