Fidel Castro alive and well : Chavez aide

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Fidel Castro alive and well : Chavez aide



Marc Frank
Reuters
2:10 p.m. EDT, October 21, 2012

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro is alive and well, according to Elias Jaua, a former Venezuelan vice president who says he met with Castro over the weekend.

Squelching rumors that Castro was at death's door, Jaua, a key aide to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, on Sunday showed reporters pictures of the Saturday meeting and said Castro, 86, was in good health and lucid.

Jaua, who is running for governor in Venezuela's contested state of Miranda, said Castro accompanied him to Havana's famed Hotel National early on Saturday evening after their meeting. He then chatted briefly with the hotel's general manager, Antonio Martinez Rodriguez, before departing.

Castro's long absence from the public eye has fueled blogger and Twitter rumors for weeks that he was dead or near dying.

Read more: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sns-rt-us-cuba-castrobre89k0do-20121021,0,2805359.story

[craigmatic]

1. Viva Fidel

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. As if . . .

As if Chavez, or any of his staff, have any credibility!

[Fumesucker]

3. That calls for a song..

[iandhr]

4. How many times has Castro died now?

[bardahl]

5. Only God and the CIA knows

That depends entirely on how many times the CIA has tried to assassinate him and our spooks ain't divulging that top national security secret until the Second Coming

[lunasun]

6. Geez they keep hoping enough to rumor all the time it seems