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Castro edges closer to death

Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in "very grave" condition after three failed operations and complications from an intestinal infection, a Spanish newspaper said Jan. 16.

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The newspaper El Pais cited two sources from a hospital in Madrid that employs surgeon Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido, who flew to Cuba in December to treat Castro.

El Pais said, "A grave infection in the large intestine, at least three failed operations and various complications have left the Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro, laid up with a very grave prognosis."

El Pais said that in December, when Garcia Sabrido visited, Castro had an abdominal wound that was leaking more than half a liter of fluids a day, causing "'a severe loss of nutrients." The Cuban leader was being fed intravenously, the report said.

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