Cuba: the return of Fidel

Two women watch former Cuban President Fidel Castro appearing on "La Mesa Redonda" TV program, July 12, 2010. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

HAVANA, Cuba — Fidel Castro’s return has been almost as complete as his absence.

When he fell ill and nearly died four years ago, Castro disappeared from public view entirely, the status of his health treated as a state secret.

Now he’s back, and once more an everyday fixture in Cuban homes, as government television cameras track his campaign to warn the world of a coming nuclear war.