Cuban leader Fidel Castro speaks to reporters upon his departure from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2001. Castro is on a stopover in Brazil on his way to the World Conference Against Racism in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa. (Douglas Engle/Australfoto)

Cuban leader Fidel Castro speaks to reporters upon his departure from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2001. Castro is on a stopover in Brazil on his way to the World Conference Against Racism in the coastal city of Durban, South Africa. (Douglas Engle/Australfoto)