Castro broke knee, arm in fall: Cuban official

0 Comments | AFP, October, 2004

HAVANA (AFP) — Cuban President Fidel Castro broke his left knee and his right arm after a fall, according to a government statement.

"The medical exam confirmed what the Commander in Chief himself anticipated, that after his accidental fall at yesterday's ceremony there is a fracture in his left knee and a fissure in the upper part of the humerus of the right arm, which will be treated appropriately," it added Thursday.

It also underscored that Castro, 78, "is in a good general state of health and his spirits are excellent."

Television cameras captured the entire incident when the communist leader stumbled as he was descending a flight of stairs and fell on his side following a speech before graduates of an art school in Santa Clara, a city 280 kilometers...