Castro speaks live on TV via phone
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From Times Wire Reports
Fidel Castro spoke on a live television and radio program for the first time since falling ill 14 months ago, sounding lucid and in good humor as he exchanged praise and jokes with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Castro’s call came minutes after Chavez, broadcasting his weekly program from Cuba, aired a videotape of their weekend meeting in which he sang revolutionary hymns to Castro.
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