Castro recovering and giving orders: Chavez
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Cuban leader Fidel Castro is   now able to write notes and give orders as he recovers from   surgery, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made an unannounced trip to Havana on Tuesday to visit Cuban leader Fidel Castro, his ideological mentor and ally.
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Convalescing Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday sent a New Year's message telling Cubans to celebrate the anniversary of his 1959 revolution nearly 17 months after illness forced him to hand power to his brother.
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Ailing Fidel Castro is no longer   bed-ridden and is working the telephone giving orders but   whether he will make his first public appearance since falling   ill and show up at a summit hosted by Cuba is still anyone's   guess.
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Cuba's vice president said Sunday Fidel Castro would return to work in a few weeks after intestinal surgery that forced him to hand over power temporarily to his younger brother.
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The Communist leadership assured Cubans on Friday that Raul Castro was in firm control as acting president, and the health minister said Fidel Castro was "recovering satisfactorily" from intestinal surgery.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday that he spoke on Thursday with ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who temporarily stepped aside in July following intestinal surgery.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro's health has improved following a post-intestinal surgery period in which the aging revolutionary icon temporarily stopped eating, Venezuela's ambassador to Cuba said Thursday.
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In his first statement on his health in 10 months, Cuba's President Castro says he has had several operations.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez bolstered his cooperation with Cuba on Saturday by signing energy, farming and finance accords, including a deal to expand of one of his socialist ally's oil refineries.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday his close friend and ally Fidel Castro is in a "great battle for life," but he also expressed optimism about the 79-year-old Cuban leader's recovery.
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HAVANA, Cuba -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he is fine after falling off of the stage in Santa Clara, Cuba. The fall is bringing back memories of when he collapsed two years ago.
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HAVANA -- President Fidel Castro told his countrymen in a letter published yesterday that he remained fully in command of Cuba, even while undergoing surgery to rebuild his knee shattered in a fall.
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Cuban president Fidel Castro is recovering today, hours after falling as he left the stage following a televised speech. But the communist leader quickly recovered his composure and assured people he was âall in one pieceâ.
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CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela's President Hugo   Chavez said he visited Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Friday and   that his close ally was doing well after intestinal surgery.
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HBN, HAVANA, Cuba, Mon. Nov. 8: Cuban President, Fidel Castro, received a surprise visit from his friend, Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says Fidel Castro is almost fully recovered after intestinal surgery.