Countdown to the Summit of the Americas: Chavez in Tehran

Ray Walser / April 03, 2009

“Arriving in Tehran,” Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez declared, “for us is like arriving at one’s home town.” It certainly should be as this is his sixth as President.

The purpose of the visit, Chavez announced was to form with Iran a “common revolutionary front … in the world.”

As for patching up relations with President Obama and the U.S. in the run-up to the Fifth Summit of the Americas, to be held in Trinidad and Tobago from April 17-19, Chavez was less positive.

I don’t have much hope, because behind him is an empire. He’s the president of an empire. … Now, I think it’s fair to give him some time. … Seeing is believing,” Chavez said. “I hope President Obama is the last president of the Yankee empire, and the first president of a truly democratic republic, the United States. (more…)