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WASHINGTON — Former Cuban President Fidel Castro was “very engaging, very energetic,” U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat, said following a congressional delegation’s meeting with the ailing revolutionary where a wide range of issues were discussed.

Castro met Tuesday with three members of the Congressional Black Caucus in his first known meeting with American officials since he fell ill in July 2006.

Lee was joined in her meeting with the 82-year-old Castro by Rep. Laura Richardson, D-Calif., and Rep. Bobby Rush, D. Ill.

The trio was part of a delegation of six Democratic representatives who left Havana on Tuesday after a five-day trip designed to encourage dialogue between the United States and Cuba, amid much speculation long-chilly relations may improve.

The U.S. delegation — all Democrats — also included Reps. Mel Watt of North Carolina, Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri, Marcia Fudge of Ohio and Mike Honda of California. All are also member of the Congressional Black Caucus except Honda.

Castro issued a statement saying that one member of the delegation, who he does not name, described American society as “racist” and said that former Secretary of State Colin Powell could have been president but his family rightly talked him out of it because of fear that he would be assassinated like Martin Luther King, Jr.

Castro said that one unnamed member of the delegation told him that Obama “can not go beyond liberalizing travel and allowing remittances by Cuban-Americans, because proclaiming the lifting of the blockade or the full normalization of bilateral relations could mean the impossibility for him to be re-elected. Besides, he reaffirmed that the anti-Cuban right wing still has enough power to corner him and prevent his re-election,” Castro said.