Fidel health speculations dismissed

Speculation that the health of former Cuban President Fidel Castro has worsened has been dismissed by two top regional leaders.



Argentine President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner said Mr Castro, who is 82, seemed healthy, after she had an hour of talks with him in Havana.



Cuban President, Raul Castro, said his older brother was exercising, thinking a lot, reading a lot.



Fidel Castro has not appeared publicly since his intestinal surgery in 2006.

He stepped down as president in February 2008.