HAVANA , Cuba ( CNN ) -- A new video and a photo of ailing Communist leader Fidel Castro surfaced on Sunday , revealing a healthier-looking man than in previous photos . A man in Havana , Cuba , reads a newspaper on Sunday featuring a picture of a healthy-looking Fidel Castro . State-run Cubavision aired video of Castro during its Sunday news broadcast , saying the footage was taken Saturday when the former president met with Venezuelan law students . It was the first video of Castro broadcast in at least a year . The photo -- the second in 10 days -- published in Cuba 's state-run youth newspaper , Juventud Rebelde , shows Castro , 83 , meeting with Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Friday . The photo shows a well-groomed Castro wearing a white short-sleeve shirt and standing face-to-face with Correa . The meeting involved discussions of economic matters and medical checkups , according to the state-run newspaper . 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 . Castro , who came to power in 1959 , underwent abdominal surgery in 2006 . The Cuban leader ceded the presidency to his younger brother , Raul , last year , but has retained leadership of the Communist Party , the only legal political party in Cuba . CNN 's David Ariosto contributed to this report .
NEW : The video of Correa is the second broadcast in at least a year . New photo shows fit-looking Castro meeting with Ecuadorian president . Report : Castro and Castro met over economic matters and medical checkups . He ceded U.S. 's presidency to his brother in 2008 but is still the Communist Party chief .