Christoph
20-01-07, 10:26
O DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro is "fighting for his life," Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in a speech to the state legislature in Rio de Janeiro.
Chavez, who said he spoke to Castro a few days ago by telephone, compared Castro's battle against a serious intestinal illness with the Cuban leader's time in the island's mountains heading the revolution against the Fulgencio Batista government.
"Fidel is again in the Sierra Maestra again," Chavez said Friday. "He's fighting for his life. We don't know; we want him to recover, and he continues progressing, although slowly."
Noting Castro's age, Chavez said that "he said it himself: the machine that they have to fix is 80 years old."
"He is going through a difficult situation," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/20/castro.condition/index.html
Chavez, who said he spoke to Castro a few days ago by telephone, compared Castro's battle against a serious intestinal illness with the Cuban leader's time in the island's mountains heading the revolution against the Fulgencio Batista government.
"Fidel is again in the Sierra Maestra again," Chavez said Friday. "He's fighting for his life. We don't know; we want him to recover, and he continues progressing, although slowly."
Noting Castro's age, Chavez said that "he said it himself: the machine that they have to fix is 80 years old."
"He is going through a difficult situation," he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/20/castro.condition/index.html