Chavez meets ailing Castro

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met for more than four hours with Fidel Castro and state media today published two new official photos of the men together, but provided no new details about the ailing Cuban leader’s health.

Chavez arrived in Havana late on Friday for a weekend visit that will include today’s airing of his weekly radio and television programme from the central provincial capital of Santa Clara, where the Cuban government on Monday marked the 40th anniversary of the death of revolutionary icon Ernesto “Che” Guevara.