He may be ailing, but Cuban leader Fidel Castro manages to keep getting headlines - like when he wrote in the Cuban media on Tuesday that President Bush "threatens humanity with World War III."

All the while, though, his younger brother - and designated successor - has been running the show.

So what's life been like under Raul Castro? Has anything changed, and is the younger Castro more open to economic and political reforms?

During a visit to New York, AP Havana bureau chief ANITA SNOW took on the question in a conversation with AP Deputy International Editor NICOLAS B. TATRO - and also talked about her recent experience living for a month on the average Cuban salary.

Listen to this asap podcast to find out what they had to say.

http://asap.ap.org/data/interactives/_news/podcast/1024asap_tatro.mp3