Fidel Castro to appear on Cuban television program

Fidel Castro is back.

The aging revolutionary leader will appear Monday Cuba's key public affairs television program, according to a front-page headline in the Communist-party newsletter Granma. It may be the most prominent appearance by the former president since he fell ill in 2006.

Castro, 83, was set to discuss his concerns about the Middle East on the Mesa Redonda _ or Round Table _ a daily talk show about current events that is usually transmitted live on state media and seen across the island.

"This afternoon, special Mesa Redonda with Fidel," blares the headline.

The announcement did not specify if Monday's program would …