Posted on 06/01/2007 10:54:26 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro has almost fully recovered from intestinal surgery that put his life at risk last year, a senior Cuban official told CNN on Friday.
National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon gave no indication of when or if Castro, who has been sidelined from power for the first time since his 1959 revolution, might return to governing Cuba.
"I think, in a way, he practically has fully recovered," Alarcon told CNN.
He said Castro, 80, who handed over power temporarily to his brother Raul Castro on July 31 after emergency surgery, has put the "worst behind him."
"The problem was a very delicate surgery," Alarcon said. "He had to have several surgeries. But it was a very risky situation. Now it is not anymore."
Alarcon said Castro has been "reading a lot and writing also."
Castro has not appeared in public since he fell ill 10 months ago, although he bounced back into public life two months ago by writing regular columns on world issues from his convalescence quarters.
They range from U.S. biofuels plans to global warming and British nuclear-powered attack submarines, and most are attacks on his ideological foe, U.S. President George W. Bush.
In a column published on Tuesday by the ruling Communist Party newspaper Granma, Castro wrote that Bush had ordered him to be killed but gave no details.
Alarcon was unable to provide any evidence when asked about the allegation on CNN.
A man stands next to graffiti that reads 'Viva Fidel' (Long live Fidel), in Havana, in this March 29, 2007 file photo. Castro has almost fully recovered from intestinal surgery that put his life at risk last year, a senior Cuban official told CNN on Friday. (Enrique De La Osa/Files/Reuters)
Further proof that Satan takes care of his own.
Smoke’em.
Has Castro made any public appearances since his surgery?
Oops. I just answered my own question.
I'll believe all of this "practically fully recovered" crap when Castro actually appears in public and takes power back from his brother.
Has Castro made any public appearances since his surgery?
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Live or otherwise, No.
Castro needs to die so his citizens may live. He’s a pathetic paranoid with dreams of gradeur and absolutely no empathy for his fellow humans.
[I think, in a way, he practically has fully recovered.]
“I think, in a way, my wife is practically fully pregnant”
xlation... hes as good as he's going to get and he won;t get any better!!!
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