Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dismissed reports that he was dead or near death in an article published on Monday in Cuba’s state-run press, Granma. He accused news agencies and enemies of Cuba of spreading ‘stupidities’ about him, particularly a report from a Spanish newspaper that said he had suffered a massive stroke. ‘Birds of bad omen! I don’t even remember what a headache is,’ he wrote. The article was accompanied by pictures showing him walking outside on a sunny day.