Monday, April 6, 2009

Chavez lauds Arab-LatAm union


Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez spoke out in Qatar about a two-day summit of South American and Arab countries, supporting what he said is the "coming together" of the two regions.

Chavez blamed the U.S. for creating Al Qaeda in an effort to "impede the unity of the Arab world."

At the summit, Chavez proposed a few ideas, including creation of the "petro," or currency backed by oil and gas reserved, and creating an OPEC bank.

Chavez also swung by Russia and China.

Later, he offered to "reset" relations with the U.S., and specifically said the upcoming Summit of Americas in Trinidad and Tobago -- which U.S. President Barack Obama will attend -- will be a nice place to "reset relations of all kinds between the United States and Venezuela. . . I am inclined to push the reset key."

Source: greenleft.org.au, presstv.ir

Photo: presstv.ir

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