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In September 2011, it was claimed that a Venezuelan reporter had interviewed Castro, but independent media have not confirmed that this was not actually a doppelganger standing in for the long-deceased Castro.
In September 2011, it was claimed that a Venezuelan reporter had interviewed Castro, but independent media have not confirmed that this was not actually a doppelganger standing in for the long-deceased Castro.


In February 2012 the mainstream media claimed that Castro met with Brazilian President [[Dilma Rousseff]]. Predictably there have been no reports from the liberal media as to whether this was actually Castro or a lookalike.
In February 2013, Castro allegedly addressed Cuba's National Assembly, giving support for younger leadership in Cuba. The National Assembly went on to re-elect Castro’s 82-year-old brother Raul.


In February 2013, Castro allegedly addressed Cuba's National Assembly, giving support for younger leadership in Cuba. The National Assembly went on to re-elect Castro’s 82-year-old brother Raul.
He last made a public appearance in August 2016 after his 90th birthday, thanking his supporters and criticizing US President Obama for not apologizing to Japan after visiting Hiroshima. On November 25, 2016, Cuba finally confirmed what the rest of the world suspected for over a decade and announced the death of Castro, although the cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Exiled Cubans and Cuban-Americans celebrated the news of the revelation of Castro's death upon hearing about it. Ironically, given his long-lived fight against Capitalism, his announced death occurred on Black Friday.


On November 25, 2016, Cuba finally confirmed what the rest of the world suspected for over a decade and announced the death of Castro, although the cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Exiled Cubans and Cuban-Americans celebrated the news of the revelation of Castro's death upon hearing about it. Ironically, given his long-lived fight against Capitalism, his announced death occurred on Black Friday.
Reaction over his death was divided. Some gave more positive responses to his legacy in his fight against capitalism and imperalismwhile others pointed out his numerous human rights violations


Numerous leftists, including Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein, Sierra Club president Aaron Mair, and Jesse Jackson, issued positive or semi-positive statements in response to the death of a man who killed thousands of people and left an extremely poor third-world country. On the other hand, former U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] gave very strong statements against the dictator, calling him a "brutal dictator" and saying that "Fidel Castro's legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights".
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The CIA has made over 600 assassination attempts targeting him, including poisoning his cigars with Botulinum toxin, a TB-contaminated scuba diving suit, exploding cigars, a booby-trap conch shell in the bottom of the ocean, a ballpoint pen containing a needle with a lethal concoction, hiring the Mafia to poison his ice cream (the closest they came to killing him), spraying his broadcasting studio with hallucinogens, as well as getting femme fatale contract agents, although this later backfired. They also tried to lace his shoes with thallium salts, which would make his beard fall out. In fact, he once remarked "If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal."
*The CIA has made over 600 assassination attempts targeting him, including poisoning his cigars with Botulinum toxin, a TB-contaminated scuba diving suit, exploding cigars, a booby-trap conch shell in the bottom of the ocean, a ballpoint pen containing a needle with a lethal concoction, hiring the Mafia to poison his ice cream (the closest they came to killing him), spraying his broadcasting studio with hallucinogens, as well as getting femme fatale contract agents, although this later backfired. They also tried to lace his shoes with thallium salts, which would make his beard fall out. In fact, he once remarked "If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal."