Jun. 18 - Cuban TV airs the first footage of Castro in five months. Castro looks thin but animated in his meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Reuters' Fred Katayama reports. SOUNDBITES: Obdulio Hernandez Esteves, saying (Spanish): "When he has to speak, he speaks - but it is not necessary to question anything." Dana Rodriguez Lopez, saying (Spanish): "For me it was the best, to know that he is my president still, to know that he appeared, that he is good - that was the best."