(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/Fidel2.photoblog600.jpg)NBC NewsFormer Venezuelan Vice President Elias Jaua showed reporters a photo that includes Fidel Castro that he says was taken on Saturday. Rumors swirled last week that Castro was near death.By NBC News staffNew in this version: Adds photo of Castro at reported meeting
Updated at 2:33 p.m. ET: Several people, including the former vice president of Venezuela, say they saw Fidel Castro — reported last week to have been on his deathbed — out and about in public on Saturday.
The Cuban government referred all request for comment to the state-owned Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana, where hotel officials said guests and staff chatted with Castro on Saturday after his car dropped off former Venezuelan Vice President Elias Jaua.
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