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| Raul Castro says Fidel is healthy | Raul Castro says Fidel is healthy |
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| Cuban President Raul Castro has dismissed speculation that his brother Fidel's health had worsened. | Cuban President Raul Castro has dismissed speculation that his brother Fidel's health had worsened. |
| "He is exercising, thinking a lot, reading a lot," said Mr Castro of his older brother, the former Cuban leader. | "He is exercising, thinking a lot, reading a lot," said Mr Castro of his older brother, the former Cuban leader. |
| Fidel Castro stepped down from the presidency in 2008 after undergoing major intestinal surgery in July 2006. | Fidel Castro stepped down from the presidency in 2008 after undergoing major intestinal surgery in July 2006. |
| He has not appeared publicly since his surgery and speculation about his health has risen since he stopped writing newspaper columns recently. | He has not appeared publicly since his surgery and speculation about his health has risen since he stopped writing newspaper columns recently. |
| 'Fidel fine' | |
| President Castro made the remarks to reporters as he accompanied visiting Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to Havana's airport as she ended a visit to Cuba. | |
| Ms Fernandez met with Fidel Castro on Wednesday and said he seemed healthy. | |
| "I was with Fidel about an hour," she said. "We talked a lot about Obama. He had a very good impression of Obama and he seemed to believe what he said," she told reporters. | |
| "Now you know that Fidel is fine, and not like the rumours around here," Raul Castro said. | |
| "Soon I'm going to make a trip to Europe. Do you think I could leave from here if Fidel was gravely ill?" | |
| He said his brother was helping him with his duties. | |
| Ms Fernandez is the first foreign leader to see Fidel Castro since Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met him on 28 November, said Associated Press news agency. | |
| Fidel Castro also did not attend celebrations earlier this month for the 50th anniversary of Cuba's revolution, which saw him take power. | |
| His absence further fuelled rumours that his health had badly deteriorated. |