On 7/30/06, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Iranian President Praises Venezuelan's Chavez
July 30, 2006 1:30 p.m. EST
Komfie Manalo - All Headline News Foreign Correspondent
Tehran, Iran (AHN) - The leaders of Iran and Venezuela, shared their
hatred of Washington and pledged to support one another in disputes
with the U.S. Visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was described
by his Iranian counterpart as "a brother and trench mate."
The Associated Press says Chavez told Iran's Mahmoud Agmedinejad that
his country would "stay by Iran at any time and under any condition."
For his part, Ahmedinejad, said he saw in the Venezuelan president a
kindred spirit. "I feel I have met a brother and trench mate after
meeting Chavez."
Chavez, a leading critic of the U.S., mentioned in his speech alleged
assassination plots and efforts to oust him by Washington. He says he
admires the Iranian president for "his wisdom and strength."
He invited Iranian oil companies to invest in Venezuela. It was
reported both countries are looking into a joint exploration for
natural gas off the Venezuelan coast. The two nations are members of
the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Iran is the world's
No. 2 oil exporter and Venezuela No. 5.
Chavez said, "We are with you and with Iran forever. As long as we
remain united we will be able to defeat (U.S.) imperialism, but if we
are divided they will push us aside."
His two-day visit to Tehran comes at a time Iran is facing fresh
international criticism for its nuclear program and open support for
Hezbollah guerillas.
[from http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004376921]
This is the direction that I thought Chavez and Ahmadinejad should and would go:
<http://montages.blogspot.com/2005/07/chvez-congratulates-ahmadinejad.html>.
So, I'm delighted to see them behave the way I thought they should
and would.
I want Iranians and Arabs, Shiites and Sunnis, especially youths among
them, to hear what Chavez has to say about politics and economy. I
want them to want to study Venezuela, visit it, make friends with
revolutionaries in Venezuela and the rest of Latin America. I want
them to come up with their own regional project of political and
economic democracy and integration comparable to what's going on in
Latin America.
While this visit was long planned, Chavez arrived in Tehran just at
the right time. His criticism of the Tel Aviv-Washington axis will
get heard and welcomed by more Arabs and Iranians now than it would
have been in a less turbulent time.
But I'm sure a number of Western leftists are furiously scribbling
even while I write this why Chavez shouldn't embrace Ahmadinejad,
support the reactionary clerical regime, etc. They are dividers, not
uniters. :->
--
Yoshie
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