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Ailing Fidel Appears on TV

Former Cuban president chats with Hugo Chavez about food, fuel crises

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Jun 18, 2008 5:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – An animated Fidel Castro appeared on state-run Cuban TV yesterday, in the first such broadcast of the ailing revolutionary since January. Castro, standing in some parts of the video, was seen chatting in a garden with his brother Raul, the current Cuban president, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the AP reports. The trio discussed the global food and oil crises and the effect of Midwest floods, Chavez told reporters.

In this photo released by a Cuban newspaper Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, left, meets Cuban President Raul Castro, right, and former President Fidel Castro in Havana on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Juventud Revelde)

In this image made Tuesday, June 17, 2008 from Cubavision, Fidel Castro animatedly speaks to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. (AP Photo/Cubavision via AP Television News)

Cuban television showed the first images of Fidel Castro in more than five months, broadcasting a silent video of the ailing revolutionary chatting in a garden with visiting Venezuelan President Hugo... (AP Photo/Juventud Revelde)

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