By Xinhua
Havana : Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said Cuban leader Fidel Castro has regained his health to go back to active politics.
Lula, who was on a daylong visit to Cuba Tuesday, met Castro and held talks over a variety of issues. He later said the Cuban leader was “healthy enough to reclaim his political role”.
“I think Fidel will soon assume his political role in Cuba, his historic role in Cuba and the globalised world, ” Lula said at Havana’s international airport, winding up his tour.
During his visit, The Brazilian president held talks with Castro and offered the nation millions of dollars in credit.
Castro had led Cuba since a 1959 revolution and temporarily handed power to his younger brother Raul Castro in July 2006 because of a life-threatening intestinal operation.
However, he has never lost his influence over political affairs in the country.