Castro writes of recovery but not return to power
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he is recovering from several intestinal operations that had him on a drip for months, but has given no sign he plans to resume power.
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CARACAS -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not appeared in public since undergoing stomach surgery last year, said yesterday he was recovering and feeling stronger. "I am gaining ground," he said on a live Venezuelan radio show with President Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez, adding he felt he had more "energy and more strength." It was the first time the Cuban leader ...
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro suggested on Monday that he will not hold on to power or obstruct the rise of younger leaders, in a letter read on Cuban television.
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Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Tuesday that he will not return to lead the country as president, retiring as head of state 49 years after he seized power in an armed revolution.
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Convalescing Fidel Castro said in an essay Tuesday that he has been so engrossed with Cuba's performance at the Pan American Games in Brazil that he forgets to eat and take his medicine.
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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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Cuban President Fidel Castro says he "thought it was the end" when he fell gravely ill in July 2006.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro called in to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's radio talk show on Tuesday, declaring he's "more energetic, stronger" and his country is running smoothly without him at the helm.
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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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CUBAN President Fidel Castro is back on his feet two months after a fall shattered his left kneecap and broke his right arm. During a visit by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez this week, Mr Castro was shown
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Fidel Castro's absence from his belated 80th birthday celebration has reinforced suspicions he is too gravely ill to return to power he ceded provisionally to brother Raul last summer.
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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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Cuba published on Sunday a historical essay by ailing leader Fidel Castro, whose long absence from public view has fueled speculation about his health among Cuban exiles in Miami.
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Cuba's ailing leader, Fidel Castro says he will not return to the presidency, in an letter published in the official press.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday Cuban leader Fidel Castro was recovering quickly after intestinal surgery that forced him to turn power over to his brother a month ago.
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President Fidel Castro of Cuba broke his left knee and right arm in a public fall last night, but quickly reassured his audience that he remained &quot;in one piece&quot; and would go on working.
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President Fidel Castro will likely be off his feet for several weeks recovering from a fractured knee and arm, but experts said Friday they don&#39;t expect the 78-year-old Cuban