That jogging suit. Again.

Well, folks, Fidel Castro is still alive. And still wearing his jogging suit.

The Associated Press photograph you see above shows the ailing dictator meeting the visiting Brazilian president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in Havana overnight.

It's not clear at this stage how long the meeting lasted nor where it was held but the photograph would confirm that Castro is still with us, even though the caption refers to him as looking “frail but alert”. In other words, still far too sick to make any public appearances.

Asked to comment on the meeting, Mr da Silva said all the right things, describing his one-time political mentor as “lucid” and in “impeccable health” before adding: “I think Fidel will soon assume his political role in Cuba, his historic role in Cuba and the globalised world.”