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Dynamic duo - Fidel Castro and Ernesto 'Che' Guevara at a conference in Havana. The photo is undated.

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1960 - Fidel Castro and Malcolm X at Hotel Theresa in New York.

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1961 - Fidel Castro in a public trial over a failed attempt of invading the Bay of Pigs.

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1963 - Fidel Castro bats during a baseball inauguration game in Havana.

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1974 - Yasser Arafat is welcomed by Fidel Castro during the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization's visit to Cuba.

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1979 - Fidel Castro addresses the audience at a United Nations conference in New York.

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1981 - Castro gives a speech in a theater in Odessa, which is currently part of the Ukrainian territory.

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1989 - Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl stand next to Mikhail Gorbachev, during the Soviet leader's visit to Cuba.

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2000 - Vladimir Putin and Fidel Castro at the welcoming ceremony during the Russian President's visit to Cuba.

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2001 - Former South African President, Nelson Mandela, warmly welcomes Fidel Castro in Johannesburg.

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2003 - Fidel and Raúl Castro look cheerful during a meeting in Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power.

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2002 - Former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, and Fidel Castro listen to the Cuban national anthem before a baseball game in Havana.

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2005 - Maradona interviews Fidel Castro for a TV show. They both entertained the crew by playing with a soccer ball.

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2006 - Former Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, visits Fidel Castro in hospital. Chavez was one of Castro's greatest allies.

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2006 - The former Cuban president at a Mercosur conference in Cordoba, Argentina.

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2007 - Raúl Castro, then leader of the Cuban armed forces, during the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the attack on the presidential palace during the Fulgencio Batista regime.

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2008 - In Caracas, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez gives Raúl Castro a replica of Simón Bolívar's sword. A painting of the historical political leader can be seen in the background.

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2008 - Raúl Castro at a meeting in the Cuban National Assembly.

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2009 - Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev helps Raúl Castro put on a jacket during his visit to Moscow.

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2010 - Raúl Castro talks to  Elián González. The youngster became famous in 1999 after being found on a boat adrift off the coast of Florida. He was still a child at the time.

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2010 - Raúl Castro talks to Gerardo Hernandez, Ramón Labañino, and Antonio Guerrero in Havana. The three men were arrested in the United States after being accused of espionage.

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2011 - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro talks to his brother and then-leader Raúl during a Communist Party of Cuba conference.

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2015 - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and former Cuban President Raúl Castro greet each other during a conference in Caracas.

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2015 - Raúl Castro welcomes Pope Francis during his visit to Cuba.

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2016 - Former President of the United States, Barack Obama, greets former Cuban leader Raúl Castro on the second day of Obama's visit to Havana.

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2016 - Barack Obama and Raúl Castro wave after a joint press conference held in Havana, Cuba.

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2016 - The Obama family and Raúl Castro watch a baseball game in Havana.

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2016 - Former Cuban President Raúl Castro greets Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, in Havana.

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2016 - Raúl Castro observes while Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos (left) greets FARC leader Rodrigo Londoño Echeverri.

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2016 - Raúl Castro, then President of Cuba, salutes before the place where the ashes of his brother are kept.

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2017 - Raúl Castro bows down to the crowd during the anniversary of the 1953 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power.

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Raúl Castro smiles before speaking at the Cuban National Assembly.

See also: Havana, ooh na na: stunning photos of the time-capsuled Cuban capital

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