Fidel Castro Looks Stronger, Official Says

Former Cuban Dictator Is 'Very Dynamic,' Head Of World Health Organization Says

POSTED: Wednesday, October 28, 2009

UPDATED: 8:26 am EDT October 29,2009

HAVANA -- The head of the World Health Organization said Fidel Castro looks stronger and wonderful for his 83 years.

Margaret Chan met with Castro for more than two hours and found him "very dynamic."

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Chan is director-general of the United Nations' health authority. She also is a physician but said she is not offering a medical opinion on Castro's well-being.

Chan and Castro took a walk together. Chan said: "I'm younger than him and I felt tired when he wasn't."

Castro has not been seen in public since undergoing a series of emergency intestinal surgeries in July 2006. He has ceded power to his younger brother Raul and is in a secret location, stricken with an undisclosed ailment.

Chan spoke Wednesday at a news conference in Havana.

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