article_snippet.sent: Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in more than a year, Former Cuban president Fidel Castro first since Former Cuban president Fidel Castro country reached a landmark agreement with the US to reestablish ties.
article_snippet.sent: Cubadebate on Friday published four images that show Former Cuban president Fidel Castro sitting inside a bus, each with a different person stretching an arm through the window to shake Former Cuban president Fidel Castro hand.
article_snippet.sent: The meetings, with photos taken inside Former Cuban president Fidel Castro's bus, are the former president's first public appearance since January 2014 .
article_snippet.sent: Former Cuban president Fidel Castro's face is largely obscured by a dark-colored baseball cap.
article_snippet.sent: Castro's face sports longish gray hair and a beard.
article_snippet.sent: Castro's face is shown shaking hands, which Cubandebate said occurred 'for hours,' with Venezuelans in Havana who had come for solidarity events.
article_snippet.sent: Former Cuban president Fidel Castro will turn 89 on Aug. 13.
article_snippet.sent: Former Cuban president Fidel Castro was last seen in public at the inauguration of an artist's studio in January 2014.
article_snippet.sent: State media reports about the event said that Former Cuban president Fidel Castro was 'full of vitality' and shook hands 'for hours' before going to a school .
article_snippet.sent: Fidel, older than Fidel by five years, expressed skepticism about the deal, which includes plans for a US Embassy in Havana and has lessened travel restrictions.
article_snippet.sent: Castro, whose recent public appearances often largely serve the function of proving that the former leader is alive, was said to be 'full of vitality'.
article_snippet.sent: The former revolutionary stepped aside temporarily as president due to serious illness in July 2006, and Raul took over permanently in February 2008 after Raul was elected the country's new leader.
article_snippet.sent: Former Cuban president Fidel Castro took over Cuba after the fall of the Batista military dictatorship.
article_snippet.sent: Former Cuban president Fidel Castro is five years younger than Former Cuban president Fidel Castro brother and has taken over as president of Cuba.
article_snippet.sent: The Former Cuban president Fidel Castro family has controlled Cuba since the 1959 revolution against the Batista regime.
article_snippet.sent: Above, Former Cuban president Fidel Castro at a 1961 rally in Havana .