Cuban revolutionary leader Castro has reappeared for first time in months at a Havana hotel, refuting rumours of his illness’ level.

Havana, Cuba / NationalTurk – Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has made a rare appearance in public, met at a Havana hotel with a Venezuelan politician, refuting vicious rumours that the former Cuba leader was on his death bed. But look like Fidel Castro has delayed his rendezvous with God !

Cuban People : We are going to have Fidel Castro with us for a long time

Those are the words of Havana hotel manager Antonio Martinez.

Fidel Castro, who led Communist Cuba for almost half a century before illness sidelined him and handed the seat to his younger brother Raul Castro ‘is very well,’ Venezuela’s former vice-president Elias Jaua stated on Sunday after meeting the revolutionary icon of Cuba anf the globe.

The 86-year-old Fidel Castro “is very well, very lucid,” Jaua, a loyal supporter of leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whose government financially supports the Cuban regime with cut-rate oil and aid, told reporters.

After the five-hour meeting on Saturday, Castro accompanied Jaua back to the Hotel Nacional, and then posed for pictures with hotel staff.

“We are going to have Fidel Castro with us for a long time,” said hotel manager Antonio Martinez.

Martinez said the former Cuban president was accompanied by his wife Dalia Soto del Valle during the visit to the hotel.

‘In best shape’

Jaua, who is currently a candidate for Miranda state governor for Venezuela’s ruling party, stated he spoke with Fidel Castro about agriculture, history and international politics.

Castro, who rose to power after the 1959 revolution, ceded the presidency to his younger brother Raul, 81, in July 2006 for health reasons.

Castro had not been seen in public since March 28, when Pope Benedict XVI paid a landmark visit to Cuba, and again briefly the following week on April 5 with Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo.

Significance of Cuba’s municipal elections

That fuelled rumors his health had worsened, that he was dead or on his death bed, particularly since Castro also had not published one of his usually frequent editorials in official state media since June 19.

In the past five years since falling ill after serious intestinal surgery, Castro has penned about 400 editorials called ‘ Reflections from Fidel ‘ as well as books about the Cuban revolution, and welcomed a few international leaders in private events.

Last week, Castro sent a letter of congratulations to medical school graduates which was picked up in state media, but he did not appear in public at the time.

With rumours about Fidel Castro’s health rife abroad, specially USA which eagerly awaits the death of its arch-enemy Castro, one of his sons, photographer Alex Castro, said last week at an exhibit in Guantanamo of pictures he took of his father after 2010 that Castro “was in good shape, doing his daily activities, exercising, reading and taking care of himsel ‘ havana style ‘ “.

Cuba Venezuela Support : Chavez’s reelection brings relief to Cuba

The re-election of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela earlier this month likely brought relief in Havana. For now, it can continue to count on Caracas’ critical economic support, as Cuba presses its quest for its own oil to fund the Americas’ only Communist regime in the future. Cuba suffers a great deal from US blockade and ambargo.

Meanwhile, Cuban President Raul Castro was out early on Sunday at a polling station to cast his ballot in one-party municipal elections, state TV footage showed.

Fidel Castro cast his vote by absentee ballot, as those with physical ailments are allowed to do.

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