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Chavez Says Fidel Castro Will Live Forever

(CBS4) "Fidel Castro will never die!"

Castro's friend and ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sent greetings to Cuba's ailing leader during an address Saturday to thousands of supporters.

"For those who want Fidel to die, they are going to end up frustrated because Fidel Castro will never die. He will always live on," Chavez said.

Though much remains unknown about the state of Castro's health, Chavez has frequently offered general updates since the Cuban leader announced more than a year ago that he had undergone intestinal surgery and was provisionally ceding power to his younger brother Raul.

Since then, Castro, who has ruled Cuba for nearly 48 years, has not been seen in public.

Premature rumors of Castro's death were pushed into overdrive on Friday by a meeting of local officials to go over their plans for when Castro really dies and a road closure in the Florida Keys that was actually due to a police standoff.

(© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report.)