Chavez:Fidel Castro very well

Caracas,(Prensa Latina)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he saw Cuban leader Fidel Castro in a very good condition during his recent visit to the Island. Chavez said he talked with Fidel Castro for over three hours on Friday, February 20 and for more than four hours the next day.

In remarks released by the Presidential Press service, Chavez explained that his trip had been scheduled for December, but was postponed because of the campaign for the Constitutional amendment voted in referendum on February 15.

He said he could see an improvement in the Cuban leader's health, "as never before." In his remarks early this morning during a telephone call to TV program La Hojilla, Chavez said they discussed international issues, including Latin America and the new government in the United States.