Chavez has been filmed, seen with shaved head from his cancer chemo, which he got in Cuba. Could be right about Fidel, but if/when fidel does die, raul will have to get out of dodge fast— cause his protection devolves from fidelistas, and he himself has a long list of justice seeking victims. I think fidel is barely with it, but has legions of PR people writing for him to prop up the “potemkin village” that is his legacy. What a waste of a beautiful people, island, and the “Hong Kong of the Caribbean” that could have been.
True, there are numerous "photos" of Chavez. Some of the ones I have seen do not look like him. The video I saw of Chavez and Fidel does not look like him either. And they made a point to put a dated newspaper in the photo to "support" when it was filmed (but you could not read the headlines indicating trickery). There were reports of Chavez being a room temperature and it would not surprise me if he has expired. Others have told me they have seen photos that are him, but I am still skeptical.