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HAVANA (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met for six hours behind closed doors Tuesday with Cuba's Fidel Castro and the close allies discussed energy issues and a regional trade pact during an emotional visit, state television reported.
State TV showed Chavez being greeted at the airport by Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque, but no images of the Venezuelan president's meeting with the convalescing 80-year-old Castro were immediately released.
A television announcer described the visit as "emotional" and said the pair discussed efforts to improve their countries' energy programs. They also talked about the socialist-leaning regional pact they created, the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, known as ALBA.
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