Can you believe it has been five months since the world last saw images of Fidel Castro? How did we live without him? Well fear not, yesterday via Cuban state television, the world was treated to the visage of Castro, chatting it up with bff Venezuela’ Hugo Chavez. No chatting could actually be heard in the video, as it was silent (they might have been planning a surprise party), but Chavez said that the pair talked for over three hours about the global energy and food crises. Pero pobre Fidel looks like a man of his 81 years, scraggly beard and all.

You can see the Cuban television report here.

Via / The Guardian (UK)