Castro recovering from surgery: vice president
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-08-06 13:27
HAVANA, Aug. 5 -- Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage said on Saturday that
Cuban leader Fidel Castro is recovering satisfactorily from surgery for
gastrointestinal bleeding, according to Cuban news agency Prensa Latina.
File photo of Fidel
Castro [Xinhua/Reuters Photo] |
Lage, who was in Bolivia for the opening of a convention slated for Sunday to
rewrite its constitution, also said Castro sent his "fraternal greetings" to the
people of the South American nation.
Later in the day, Bolivian President Evo Morales said in a speech to
lawmakers in the capital Sucre that Castro has already recovered from the
operation. Lage was also on the scene.
"What is now lacking is that he returns to running the country," said
Morales.
Meanwhile, the president of Cuba's Congress, Ricardo Alarcon deQuesada, said
in a speech broadcast by CNN en Espanol on Saturday that Castro "remains in
stable condition" and "is resting in order to recover as quickly as possible."
Castro, who turns 80 on Aug. 13, delegated power on Monday night to his
younger brother Raul Castro, who is the country's defense minister.
The Cuban leader said he would be "out of power for several weeks" and had
relinquished the presidency and the post as the first secretary of the Communist
Party to Paul. Enditem
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