Castro says well enough to meet dignitaries
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro said he has   put the worst of his health crisis behind him and will be able   to receive foreign dignitaries in private during a summit of   developing nations next week.
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Brazil's President Lula meets ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro  on a visit to boost economic ties with Havana.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he was not well enough to attend the opening of several days of events celebrating his 80th birthday.
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Fidel Castro is recovering from his illness and "could return to work soon," Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said Thursday.
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The ailing Cuban president seems in good spirits at a meeting with the Brazilian president, Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva
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Cuba's acting president, Raul Castro, departing from his brother's confrontational approach to their arch-enemy the United States, said this weekend he was open for talks with Washington.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that Cuba's Fidel Castro has visibly improved, describing how the ailing Cuban leader has gained weight and is walking around and studying.
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Fidel Castro sent Cubans a sober greeting on his 80th birthday Sunday, saying he faces a long recovery from surgery &#151; and warning they should be prepared for "adverse news." But he encouraged them to be optimistic and said Cuba "will continue marching on perfectly well."
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Cuban officials told a group of visiting U.S. lawmakers that Fidel Castro did not have cancer or a terminal illness.
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A clearly recovering Cuban President   Fidel Castro was shown on television on Friday meeting with   Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and brother Raul Castro, to   whom he temporarily ceded power a month ago to have abdominal   surgery.
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Visiting U.S. lawmakers were told by Cuban officials that the ailing Fidel Castro is not terminally ill and will return to public life, but some of the legislators said they saw in the assurances of Castro's health a growing political vacuum on the Communist island.
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Fidel Castro is not terminally ill and would make a public appearance shortly, but is unlikely to return to governing Cuba on a day-to-day basis, Cuban government officials told a visiting delegation of members of the U.S. Congress.
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Ra&#250;l Castro's public record, which has emerged during his interim presidency, suggests he would allow more political, economic latitude in Cuba.
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Cuban officials tell visiting US congressman that ailing leader Fidel Castro does not have a terminal illness.
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HAVANA -- Cheered by hundreds of lawmakers, a smiling Fidel Castro walked in public yesterday for the first time since shattering his kneecap in a fall two months ago.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 -- RaÃÂ¿l Castro has long operated in the backstage of Cuban politics. But his public record, which has emerged over his 19 months as interim president, suggests he might pursue reforms to allow more political and economic latitude on the island.
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In his first public comments since becoming Cuba's acting president, Raul Castro said his brother Fidel is recovering and that thousands of troops were mobilized soon after his illness was announced, according to an interview published Friday.