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."