Cuba's historic revolutionary leader Raul Castro made a public appearance on Saturday (September 5) during a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of Cuba's Personal Security Directorate, dispelling recent social media rumours about his alleged death.

State television footage showed the 95-year-old former president accompanied by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and members of the Armed Forces during the ceremony in Havana.

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HAVANA, CUBA (SEPTEMBER 5, 2026) (CUBAN GOVERNMENT TV - Access all)

1. FORMER CUBAN PRESIDENT RAUL CASTRO ARRIVING AT EVENT ACCOMPANIED BY MIGUEL DIAZ-CANEL

2. MILITARY PERSONNEL APPLAUDING

3. VARIOUS OF RAUL CASTRO AND MILITARY PERSONNEL

4. CASTRO SITTING, LISTENING TO MUSIC

5. SINGER

6. CASTRO, MILITARY PERSONNEL IN ROOM

7. VARIOUS OF MUSICIANS

8. CASTRO LISTENING TO SONG

9. SINGER

10. VARIOUS OF CASTRO LISTENING

11. SINGER

12. VARIOUS OF CASTRO AND MILITARY PERSONNEL STANDING AND APPLAUDING

13. MILITARY PERSONNEL WATCHING AND APPLAUDING

14. VARIOUS OF CASTRO

15. CUBAN PRESIDENT MIGUEL DIAZ-CANEL APPLAUDING (SEEN FROM BEHIND, SECOND TO RIGHT)

16. VARIOUS OF CASTRO RECEIVING RECOGNITION AS FOUNDING CHIEF OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

17. MILITARY PERSONNEL APPLAUDING

18. CASTRO EMBRACING MILITARY OFFICER

19. VARIOUS OF CASTRO SITTING

20. CASTRO GREETING KID