The birthday boy
Today is former Mexico City tourist photographer Fidel Castro’s 83rd birthday.
Returning to his native Cuba in 1959 for a new career, and — since his retirement in 2006 — has kept active as a blogger and occasional book reviewer. He still takes an interest in tourism, as in this photo taken within the last ten days:







Retirement seems to suit him well. I’ve never seen the man smile before, especially not on Cuban Fidelevision, I mean television.