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October 14, 2007

Cuban Newspaper Publishes Castro-Chavez Meeting Photos
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=19DF495:A6F02AD83191E1608760219A2B3BFD2C9574F7DCC14957C0 Cuban media say
Mr. Castro and Mr. Chavez met for more than four hours Saturday and
discussed Guevara and Cuba-Venezuela relations, among other topics





In this photo released by Cuba's Juventud Rebelde newspaper, President
Fidel Castro shakes hands with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during
a meeting in Havana, Saturday, 12 Oct. 2007A Cuban newspaper has
published photographs it says show a meeting Saturday between Fidel
Castro and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

The Communist Youth newspaper Juventud Rebelde shows Mr. Castro
wearing a red, white and blue track suit and shaking hands with his
Venezuelan counterpart.

In one photograph, the Cuban leader is holding a book with an image of
deceased revolutionary figure, Ernesto "Che" Guevara on the cover.

Cuban media say Mr. Castro and Mr. Chavez met for more than four hours
Saturday and discussed Guevara and Cuba-Venezuela relations, among
other topics.

Mr. Chavez traveled to Cuba on Friday. Before leaving Venezuela, he
said he would broadcast his weekly radio program later Sunday from the
island.

Mr. Chavez is a close ally of Mr. Castro, who has not been seen
publicly since intestinal surgery in July of last year, when he handed
power to his younger brother, Raul Castro.

Cuba considers details of the 81-year-old leaders health to be a state
secret.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP.




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