[Cardenas]

In the first top picture I believe the one at the left of Fidel seems to be his Iraqi comrade in terrorism, Hussein Saddam. It is remarkable that Castro went to the airport to give a warm farewell to Oliver Stone, something he did not had the courtesy to extend to Mexican President Fox, the representative of the only nation in the world that has remained supporting him even after 43 years of human rights violations by Castro’s murderous regime. This denotes how much Castro values his Hollywood puppets.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yes he does resemble Saddam and as you say, how telling of his special treatment of the Hollywood left.
Castro knows how much pop-culture and the sickening cult of celebrity sways Americans.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Cuban President Fidel Castro speaks on TV, March 5, 2002. Castro commented on the scandal around the Mexican embassy in Havana, stormed last week by a group of 21 Cubans in a hijacked bus. The men were later expelled by authorities. REUTER