Posted on 09/02/2009 2:47:59 PM PDT by lizol
Hugo Chávez ‘evil axis’ tour: Looking for love in all the wrong places?
The Venezuelan leader gave Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi a warm hug yesterday during his 11-day tour to Russia, Belarus, Syria, Algeria, Libya, and Iran.
By Matthew Clark | Staff writer 09.02.09
It’s like that old country song: “Lookin’ for love in all the wrong places. Lookin’ for love.” (Or as Eddie Murphy would say in his classic SNL skit, “wookin pa nub.”)
That’s what Venezuelan firebrand Hugo Chávez appears to be doing this week on an 11-day trip that trip takes him to Russia, Belarus, Syria, Algeria, Libya, and Iran.
They may be the wrong places only as far as the US is concerned. (It was, after all, Mr. Chavez who joked that his trip would be to the “evil axis” countries.) But for Chávez and his assortment of less-than-US-friendly hosts, the chemistry may be just right.
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Khadafi looked like he hadn't partied this hard in years.
Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi (R) shakes hands with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during the closing of the special summit on regional conflicts in Tripoli August 31, 2009. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Presidents of Argentina Cristina Fernandez Kirchner (rear L), Venezuela's Hugo Chavez (L), Chile's Michelle Bachelet (R) and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (rear R) arrive for the family photo session of the Unasur group summit in Bariloche August 28, 2009. Chavez is seeking to shore up opposition to a Colombian plan giving U.S. troops more access to its military bases under an accord that has sharply divided South American leaders meeting for a regional summit. The agreement between Washington and its closest Latin American ally has heightened diplomatic tensions and will be the focus of the meeting of South American presidents that starts at this Patagonian lakeside resort on Friday. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA POLITICS)
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