His four-month public silence is not unprecedented
Castro, whose revolution seized power in Cuba in 1959, left office in 2006 due discount ray ban sunglasses online to a life-threatening intestinal condition. His younger brother Raul now serves as president.
However even in retirement and largely out of sight, he continues to cast a long shadow.
Castro's "Reflections," essays and ruminations on everything from cheap ray ban wayfarer sunglasses international current affairs to the remarkable flexibility of yoga masters, are printed in all state-run newspapers and painstakingly read word-for-word at the top of news broadcasts.
His four-month public silence is not unprecedented, but the rumor mill picked ray ban factory outlet up steam last week after he did not publicly congratulate close ally Hugo Chavez on winning a hard-fought re-election campaign in Venezuela.
Chavez had said just before the vote that he been in touch with Castro. Late last week, Castro's son and sister both denied that his health was in danger, cheap ray ban sunglasses sale and state media said a wreath in his name was placed at the final resting place of independence hero Jose Marti on a holiday marking the onset of Cuba's fight to break from Spanish colonial rule.
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