Posted on 09/27/2007 3:51:20 AM PDT by Flavius
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Vilified by world leaders wary of his nuclear ambitions, Iran's president is turning to South American leftists who are embracing him as an energy and trade partner and counterweight to U.S. influence.
On the heels of a U.N. General Assembly appearance in which he said Iran will ignore demands by "arrogant powers" to curb its nuclear program, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was headed to Bolivia on Thursday to establish first-time diplomatic relations with the Andean nation.
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“I spoke to President Ahmadinejad over the phone and he confirmed that, even though he has short time, he would be in Venezuela for a few hours, following his visit to Bolivia,” Chávez said late Monday, as quoted by the official news agency ABN.
“Only one minute you come here means a world to us,” Chávez told Ahmadinejad.
http://www.eluniversal.com/2007/09/25/en_pol_art_chavez:-ahmadinejad_25A1065837.shtml
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