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Cuban TV Shows Ailing Castro for First Time in 3 Months
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1608844:A6F02AD83191E1605661C6C0F65D71949574F7DCC14957C0 Broadcast says
10-minute video clip showing 80-year-old leader standing and talking
with Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez was taped on Monday in Havana
Cuba's state television has broadcast the first images in three months
of ailing President Fidel Castro.

The broadcast Tuesday said the ten-minute video clip was taped on
Monday in Havana. It showed the 80-year-old leader standing and
talking with his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez.

News reports on the broadcast said he appeared alert and heavier than
in previous images, which showed him thin and frail.

The Cuban leader dropped from public view after undergoing emergency
surgery for intestinal bleeding last July. The Cuban government treats
his health as a state secret.

Earlier this month, a Spanish doctor, Garcia Sebrido, who examined the
president in December said Mr. Castro is making a "slow but
progressive" recovery from the surgery.

But the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that Mr. Castro suffered
serious complications because he chose to undergo a risky surgical
procedure.

Garcia Sebrido, the doctor who examined President Castro, said the
report is untrue.

Some information for this report was proviced by Reuters, AP and AFP


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