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HAVANA - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was shown on state television today for the first time in three months, meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Havana.
Castro, 80, looked stronger but still frail in images of the two-hour meeting with Chavez yesterday.
The Cuban leader dropped from public view six months ago after undergoing emergency surgery for intestinal bleeding. His illness is a state secret.
Castro relinquished power for the first time since his 1959 revolution when he handed over government duties temporarily to his brother, Defence Minister Raul Castro, on July 31.
Fidel Castro was last seen on an Oct. 28 video clip looking very frail and walking with difficulty.
- REUTERS
