Chavez: "Viva Fidel Castro!"

From Vietnam, where he is working to build an anti-US alliance, Hugo Chavez comments on the grave medical condition of the dictator of Cuba, pronouncing, "Viva Fidel Castro!"

Reuters reports from Hanoi: "'With my heart, I wish that President Fidel Castro will quickly recover to always stay with us,' Chavez said at a meeting of Vietnamese businesses during an official visit to Hanoi, which also maintains close ties with Havana.

"He then raised his fist and shouted: 'Long live Fidel Castro!'"