Castro 'no longer bed-ridden' (According to Hugo Chavez)

Australia Herald Sun ^ | 8/6/06 | Australia Herald Sun

[wagglebee]

VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez today said Cuban leader Fidel Castro was now able to leave his bed and hold conversations following stomach surgery that required him to temporarily hand over power to his brother.

"This morning I learned that he's doing well, that he's already standing up out of bed, he's talking - more than he should, because he talks a lot," said Mr Chavez during a conversation with Bolivian President Evo Morales broadcast on television.

"He has sent us regards."

Venezuelan government sources yesterday said Mr Chavez does not have a trip to Cuba on his agenda despite media rumours that he was planning to visit Castro, a close Chavez ally whose country has benefited from preferential sales of Venezuelan crude oil.

Castro was reported yesterday to be able to eat and sit up.

Mr Chavez cancelled a scheduled trip to Bolivia to visit the opening of Bolivia's constituent assembly, charged with rewriting the country's constitution.

The Cuban government last week announced that Castro, 79, had handed control of the government temporarily to his younger brother Raul.

Neither of the two leaders has made a public appearance since the announcement.

Castro has served as a political role model for both Mr Morales and Mr Chavez, who has become the most visible face of a group of increasingly influential leftist Latin American leaders.

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Venezuelan government sources yesterday said Mr Chavez does not have a trip to Cuba on his agenda despite media rumours that he was planning to visit Castro, a close Chavez ally whose country has benefited from preferential sales of Venezuelan crude oil.

My guess is that Chavez will try to take out Raul teh moment Fidel is dead.

[AdvisorB]

I think the dictator of that tropical gulag checked out last week.

[butternut_squash_bisque]

"He's dead, Raoul, you second-rate schmendrick."

[do the dhue]

Hell doesn't want him either.

[Argus]

"No longer bed-ridden" could just as easily mean dead. And good riddance.

[bybybill]

Hugo,keep flapping your gums, Castro`s illness could strike you next.

[johnny7]

“He's dead Jim.”

[elcid1970]

SHOW YOURSELF, BUTCHER!!!

[dfwgator]

"El es muerto, Jim."

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

He's no longer bedridden because he is slab-ridden.

[AdvisorB]

Yes, I know...

[Spruce]

He's dead, Jim.

[WestVirginiaRebel]

E's got lovely plumage, too...

[pyx]

Perhaps Cuban communist bureaucrats are waiting unil Castro's birthday to announce things.

[shield]

bttt

[HitmanLV]

Reminds me of the time I saw Tony Bennett in Atlantic City several years back, and he got a cheap pop from the crowd saying how he has just spoken to Sinatra a short while back and that he is doing fine and sounded strong, and to not beleive the press regarding his declining health.

Frank passed away a few weeks later.

[RightWhale]

Standing beside the bed with IV drip stand. Next he will take short walks pushing his IV drip stand as he goes.

[tet68]

Hugo Chavez today related information
concerning Fidel Castro.

"His doctor, DR. Feliz Ortega-Ortiz-Ortega from the esteemed Brigade 33 Rural Health Cooperative and Collective Farm, has him up and moving around now.
Castro played some golf, only nine holes though and shot a 18, not bad for an aging totalitarian dictator eh.
Afterwards, Fidel had a light repast, a Cohiba and is now
resting peacefully."

[mazack]

And after he's taking his short walks with his IV drip stand, he'll get back to the tripping with the IV drip stand.

[RightWhale]

They'll scold him if he goes a little heavy on the demand feeder, and he will have to stay in hospital until he doesn't need it any more.

[rockabyebaby]

"This morning I learned that he's doing well, that he's already standing up out of bed, he's talking

I'm sorry to hear this.......

[Dog Gone]

He's probably still alive, although if the reports from Brazil that he has stomach cancer are true, he would be lucky to make it until Christmas.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Chavez has to play nice if he wants to get paid for some of the oil he's been selling to Cuba, LOL.

[RegulatorCountry]

"Castro was reported yesterday to be able to eat and sit up."

Uh huh. He's sitting up and ingesting food, immediately following surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his stomach. Riiight.

[shield]

I'm sorry to hear this.......

Me too...trusting a communist to tell the truth especially Chavez...I'll take what he says like a grain of salt.

[HitmanLV]

Hahah yes! It always comes down to business! Haha!

[Clintonfatigued]

Hugo Chavez is not a giant of credibility.

[SaxxonWoods]

No photos of either Castro to be seen. You would think the regime would put out a photo to calm the masses, though the military/police presence on the streets apparently has the populace cowed for the time being.

It will be interesting to see how long they can get away with this...

[steveo]

Perhaps Cuban communist bureaucrats are waiting unil Castro's birthday to announce things.

Yes and then they will blame the U.S. for killing him. And the press here will suggest that perhaps those charges should be investigated.

[wagglebee]

Uh huh. He's sitting up and ingesting food, immediately following surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his stomach. Riiight.

IIRC, Kim Jong Mentally Ill said he gave up golf because the first time he played he had 18 holes in one and it bored him.

[RegulatorCountry]

"he gave up golf because the first time he played he had 18 holes in one and it bored him"

Oh, the ennui. What's a maximum leader to do?

[AdvisorB]

They wanted to release this picture of their "beloved generalissimo," but they didn't think it would calm the masses.

[AmishDude]

This is worse than Tom Cruise's baby. Nobody's seen it except a few cult members.

[rovenstinez]

I like the part that he was passing his authority to his YOUNGER brother. Yeah, really YOUNGER.

[Sue Perkick]

And probably startin' to stink.

[Blogatron]

"Hello, Jim? He's.... Yeah, I'll hold."

[Bringbackthedraft]

"Uh huh. He's sitting up and ingesting food, immediately following surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his stomach. Riiight." .......It is! Been there, the very next day they gave me pot roast, green beans and potatos. And that was here in the USA. About an hour after I ate it I gave it back.

[FightThePower!]

He's DEAD Jim!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AnAmericanMother]

"No longer bed-ridden . . ."

Nope. He's "coffin-ridden."

[dfwgator]

I guess now he can only make 5-hour speeches as opposed to his normal 10-hour ones.

[dfwgator]

Loosely taken from the movie, "Top Secret" :

[talking on the phone] What is the condition of El Lider Maximo?
[pause]
Very well, let me know if there is any change in his condition.
[hangs up the phone]
He's dead.

[MonroeDNA]

Castro died on his birthday, next week.

[hoosierham]

But did they give him leftist pap instead?

[reagan_fanatic]