Report : The video of Castro is the first broadcast in at least a decade . New photo shows fit - looking Castro meeting with Ecuadorian officials . Report : Castro and Chávez met over economic matters and medical issues . Another photo of the former Cuban president was released on August 13 by Pastors For Peace , a U.S.-based advocacy group that recently traveled to the island nation and is pushing for an end to the near half-century-old U.S. trade embargo . He ceded Cuba 's presidency to his brother in 2008 but is still Communist Party chief .
Report : The video of Castro is the first broadcast in at least a decade . New photo shows fit - looking Castro meeting with Ecuadorian officials . Report : Castro and Chávez met over economic matters and medical issues . He ceded Cuba 's presidency to his brother in 2008 but is still Communist Party chief .