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Cuban President Raul Castro today unexpectedly raised the possibility of leaving his post, saying he is old and has a right to retire. But he did not say when he might do so or if such a move was imminent.

Venezuela's cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez is recovering in Cuba and is not in a coma as some have rumored a month after surgery, his brother, Adan Chavez, said after a visit to Havana.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez likely has less than two years to live, his former doctor said, as the ailing firebrand traveled to Cuba for a checkup following cancer treatment.

President Hugo Chavez arrived in Venezuela shortly before dawn on Monday, just days after his government signaled that he would likely remain in Cuba for a long period of convalescence after a cancerous tumor was removed from his body.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez revealed that he is fighting cancer after having a tumor removed in Cuba.