Reply #19: Cuban leader Fidel Castro is "in charge:" Chavez [View All]

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Cuban leader Fidel Castro is "in charge:" Chavez

Sun Apr 29, 11:56 AM ET

BARQUISIMETO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel
Castro is back "in charge" after undergoing intestinal surgery
in July, his friend and protege Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez said on Sunday.

An intestinal ailment has kept the Communist leader out of the
public eye for the past nine months, sparking speculation about
whether he will return to power, which he ceded temporarily to
his brother Raul on July 31.

"He is charge, he is in charge, he is doing a lot of thinking,"
Chavez said in a speech at a Latin American summit.

Chavez has already said that Castro, 80, has taken back much
of his governing role informally.

Bolivian President Evo Morales has said he is sure Castro will
attend a May Day parade in Havana, but Chavez said he did
not know whether his mentor would be there.


Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070429/wl_nm/cuba_castro_chavez_dc