Across the World: Cuba

Castro's 83rd birthday

The founder of a New York-based church group that opposes the US embargo of Cuba said on Thursday that former Cuban President Fidel Castro looked strong and animated during a July 31 meeting. The Rev. Lucius Walker Jr. of Pastors for Peace said he met for several hours with Castro at a Havana-area home while he was in Cuba to organize a humanitarian aid shipment. Pastors for Peace posted two photos of the meeting on its website to coincide with Castro's 83rd birthday on Thursday.