Paging Dr. Chavez...Paging Dr. Chavez (Part Dos)

A while back I posted a ridiculous story about Hugo Chavez visiting the ailing Fidel Castro. After meeting with the son of a Cuban leader, Chavez provided the AP with his medical opinion regarding Castro’s prognosis for returning to his old jaunty self. I found the whole thing quite absurd and wrote a short post with appropriate levels of scorn, derision and sarcasm.

Well...I have an update for you from the good doctor, courtesy this time from Reuters:

Castro does not have cancer, seriously ill: Chavez

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro does not have cancer, but is fighting a "great battle" against a "very serious" illness, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday.

In the most extensive account of Castro's condition following weeks of rumors that he has cancer or is even dead, Chavez said he remained optimistic and that his close ally had been in good spirits when they spoke by telephone on Thursday.

"Some comments have come out, that Fidel has a terminal cancer -- Fidel does not have cancer," Chavez told supporters in a celebration of his December 3 reelection.

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Chavez did not say Castro's health was improving, as he has repeated in recent speeches, but said he was optimistic about his recovery.

Hmmm…I leave it to medical experts to debate how someone recovers without his health improving. In the meantime I’ll assume Dr. Chavez knows what he’s talking about. So how is this strange medical phenomenon accomplished? Perhaps Chavez has found some rare healing orchid while clear cutting rain forests. Or perhaps it’s something else:

"I'm going to send him some chocolate, he likes Venezuelan chocolate," Chavez said. "He's eating, little by little he's feeding himself. We have a lot of faith that those 80 years will become 90, 100 years."

If you’re a tender hearted sort like me and cry whenever you see Brian’s Song, I’m sure you’re dabbing the tears laughing at this jackassery. Anyway, there’s one last question I had from reading this story. Chavez: “We have a lot of faith that those 80 years..." Considering that the man they hope to live to 100 is the Atheist in Chief of a communist prison-state, what spiritual entity are they having faith in, exactly?