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Venezuela's Chavez denies rumors of Castro death
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by gmony714 | August 19, 2007 at 10:02 am
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Rumors all over the Net are that Castro is dead. What do you think? Would Cuba risk not telling the masses if in fact he is dead? Doctors in Miami say he has Dementia.
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday Fidel Castro is "writing, and producing," denying rumors circulating on the Internet that the Cuban leader had died.Chavez, a close ally of Castro, has frequently provided information about the health of the ailing Communist leader who temporarily stepped aside after undergoing emergency abdominal surgery a year ago.
"On the Internet rumors are circulating that Fidel Castro has died," Chavez said during his weekly Sunday broadcast. "Fidel is producing, he is writing."
Chavez said he had spoken to Castro on his 81st birthday on Monday.
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at 10:21 on August 19th, 2007
gmony714, keep us posted. I find it very interesting that the denial of Castro's death (or incapacity) isn't coming from his government, or his family, but Chavez.
at 04:47 on August 20th, 2007
gmony714, I like this story. It's good stuff.