Castro Almost Fully Recovered

Cuban President Fidel Castro has almost completely recovered from the stomach surgery he had last year. Ricardo Alarcon gave no indication of when the Cuban leader might return to power when he spoke in a US TV interview.He did say that Mr. castro was over the worst after a series of operations, including what he described as very delicate surgery. He also added that Mr. castro was reading and writing alot. The Cuban leader has not been seen in public since undergoing intestinal surgery in July 2006 and has temporarily ceded power to his brother, Raul. Mr. Alarcon told the CNN netwodk he thought, in a way, he has practically fully recovered. The problem was a very delicate surgery and he had to have several surgeries, but it was a very risky situation. But it's not anymore.