A Stroll with Márquez and Castro

From the Guardian:

They were two old friends, each semi-retired, taking a stroll and catching up on each other's news. But to anyone watching, the sight itself would have been news.
Fidel Castro, the ailing Cuban leader, was out of his sick bed for a long walk and reportedly back to his old self, passionately discussing Latin American politics and global warming.
The other surprise was his companion: Gabriel García Márquez, the Nobel prize-winning novelist who vanished last week when the literary world wanted to celebrate his 80th birthday.

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