Will May Day be Fidel’s day out in public?

Update (25 April): Looks like Fidel will be staying at home on May Day according to the president of the Cuban Parliament. (Link via Monsters & Critics).

The Associated Press briefly speculated yesterday over the possibility that Fidel Castro may appear in public next Tuesday in order to celebrate the annual May Day parade. Here’s the key quote from the article:

“Cuban officials have been giving increasingly positive reports about Castro's recovery, sparking expectations that the he will make a public appearance soon, perhaps at the annual May 1 workers parade that draws hundreds of thousands of people”.

Fidel has not appeared in public appearance since he ceded power to his brother Raul last July.

Meanwhile, the Cuban media published photos on Saturday of Fidel Castro meeting with senior Chinese Communist Party officials in Havana on Friday (image). According to Granma, Fidel had a “deep and fruitful” meeting for an hour which surely helped strengthen the ties between the Cuban and Chinese governments.

Links- Reuters, Granma, CNN, The Latin Americanist, Wikipedia

Image- Granma