The first photographs of Fidel Castro since news of his illness appeared over the weekend. Sunday was Castro's 80th birthday, and he cautioned Cubans in a letter that he faced a long recovery from surgery and advised them to prepare for "adverse news."
Steve Inskeep talks to Gary Marx, Havana bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune.
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