November 14, 2009
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez is inviting former Cuban
leader Fidel Castro to next month's meeting of the regional ALBA trade
bloc being held in Havana.
Chavez says Castro is well enough to attend the conference in
mid-December. Venezuela's leftist leader dismissed persistent
speculation that Castro's health is failing during a televised speech
Saturday.
The 83-year-old Castro has not been seen in public since undergoing
intestinal surgery in July 2006. He handed the Cuban presidency to his
brother, Raul, but has continued writing essays published and broadcast
by state media.
Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca has said the meeting will
discuss Colombia's agreement to let U.S. troops use more Colombian
military bases.
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