Chavez denies rumors of
Castro's death
Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez on Saturday
denied rumors that his
ally Cuban leader Fidel
Castro had died.
In response to recent
speculation about
Castro's health, Chavez
said those who want
Castro to die will be
frustrated.
"Because Fidel Castro
will never die," Chavez
said at a public event.
Castro "will always live
among the people that
fight for a better
destiny. He will always
live in the people of
Cuba, of Venezuela and
of America," he added.
On Thursday, Cuban
Foreign Minister Felipe
Perez Roque also denied
talk of Castro's death
when attending a meeting
of Latin American and
Asian officials in
Brazil's capital,
Brasilia.
In July, 2006, Castro
handed power to Raul
Castro, Cuba's defense
minister, in order to
undergo surgery for
intestinal bleeding. He
has not been seen in
public since then, but
writes regularly in the
country's official
newspapers on current
affairs. |
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