Chavez: Castro not Suffering from Cancer

World | December 16, 2006, Saturday // 00:00

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has dismissed suggestions that Cuban leader and ally Fidel Castro has cancer, but said was struggling with "a great battle". Nevertheless he denied the illness was fatal. The Venezuelan leader said he had spoken twice on the telephone with Castro who was in good spirits. Earlier, US director of National Intelligence John Negroponte said Castro was very ill and close to death.

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