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Fidel Castro Sports a U.S. Flag Pin: Exclusive Photos
abcnews ^ | May 1, 2009 | JIM AVILA and KIRIT RADIA

Posted on 05/01/2009 1:27:30 PM PDT by JoeProBono

Photos of Fidel Castro meeting with a United States congressional delegation last month show the former Cuban president wearing lapel flag pins from both Cuba and the United States. That surprising image signals a thaw in U.S.-Cuban relations after limits on family visits imposed by the Bush administration were dropped by President Obama April 13 .

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Fidel Castro, wearing an American and Cuban flag pin on his lapel, with Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) Photo courtesy of Rep. Laura Richardson's office.


1 posted on 05/01/2009 1:27:30 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Fidel looks like he was photoshopped into the picture.


2 posted on 05/01/2009 1:30:05 PM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: JoeProBono

See? What a guy!

Let’s have him over to the White House this summer for some grilled wagyu puree.


3 posted on 05/01/2009 1:30:44 PM PDT by digger48
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To: JoeProBono
Sad...Castr0 is more patriotic then 0.
4 posted on 05/01/2009 1:32:13 PM PDT by skully (Hey Benedict Arlen: you forgot to take McCain, Graham, Snowe, and Collins with you!!!)
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To: pnh102

I thought this cockroach was dead?


5 posted on 05/01/2009 1:32:47 PM PDT by lula ( If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?)
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6 posted on 05/01/2009 1:34:42 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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7 posted on 05/01/2009 1:36:18 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

bean him


8 posted on 05/01/2009 1:37:08 PM PDT by steveo
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9 posted on 05/01/2009 1:37:27 PM PDT by lewisglad
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10 posted on 05/01/2009 1:37:53 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

so he’ll wear one— and obama said he wouldn’t?

what’s raul wearing?


11 posted on 05/01/2009 1:40:29 PM PDT by myaccount2009
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To: lula
I thought this cockroach was dead?

I think he is very much alive, although he seems to have a "Weekend at Bernie's" look to him.

12 posted on 05/01/2009 1:40:47 PM PDT by pnh102 (Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
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To: JoeProBono

Didn’t Castro play for a Chicago Cubs farm team in Cuba in the early Fifties?


13 posted on 05/01/2009 1:42:33 PM PDT by Publius (Sex is the manifestation of God's wicked sense of humor.)
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To: JoeProBono

Is it real, or is it photoshop?


14 posted on 05/01/2009 2:35:37 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (There are no points for second place.)
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