[Minus_The_Bear]

Good analysis from a graphic designer and photoshop wrangler

[pollyannaish]

Ok, that is the definitive analysis. Thanks for posting it. Right on the money.

_{If it makes any difference, I'm pretty familiar with this stuff because I did it for a living for almost 29 years...and now I teach it for a living.}

[Chi-townChief]

Aha!!!! So it was cosmeric surgery to get rid of those unsightly liver spots!!

[Poser]

The paper is a proof. Castro is real. He is wearing makeup to make him look less pale. That is the simplest explanation.

[kabar]

"I suggest you all be optimistic, but at the same time always ready to face any adverse news." This is Castro's setting up people for the bad news.

[true_blue_texican]

Hey, that fourth picture looks like Mike Wallace with a beard!

[GOPJ]

...there is evidence that the section Fidel is holding is a proof copy, not the printed issue. It is larger than the real newspaper (notice the big blank margins), it is creased backwards (the cover should be showing when folded...

Thanks for the link - he's got something there...

[freedumb2003]

NOte the face comparison from a few months ago:

Make your own:

Oh, and the paper headline was printed in red in the real newspaper. The photo is a phake.

[stands2reason]

Castro: "Today, August 13, I feel very happy."

"I FEEEEEEL HAPPY!!! I FEEEEEEL HAPPY!!!"

*thonk*