WORLD BRIEFING / VENEZUELA
Times Wire Reports
President Hugo Chavez said Cuba’s ailing former president is alive and active -- dismissing rumors that Fidel Castro is gravely ill or dead.
Concerns over Castro’s health have grown since he sent a terse, one-line message to the Cuban people Jan. 1, his revolution’s 50th anniversary. Chavez said last week that it was unlikely Castro would be seen in public again.
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