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Cuban singer Compay Segundo, left, stands with Cuban leader Fidel Castro Friday, Feb. 23, 2001, after Compay sold his hat in an auction for $17,000 (seventeen thousand U.S. dollars). The auction was organized during a dinner at the end of the Cuban's Cigar festival in Havana's Tropicana Cabaret. The money was raised for the Cuban health ministry. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Jose Goitia)