Iran and Venezuela have more in common than the west thinks | Hugh O’Shaughnessy
Ahmadinejad’s visit will get US myth-makers talking of Chávez’s wily ways, but there are good reasons for the two to be alliesThe arrival of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Sunday was an interesting but minor item in the process of what has become known as “south-south relations”. It will strengthen western myth-makers – the same ones who brought us Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction – on the story of Venezuela as a modern day Cave of the 40 Thieves with Hugo Chávez cast as the wicked and wily Ali Baba.
published date:Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:01 GMT
Iran and Venezuela have more in common than the west thinks | Hugh O’Shaughnessy
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Iran and Venezuela have more in common than the west thinks | Hugh O’Shaughnessy
Ahmadinejad’s visit will get US myth-makers talking of Chávez’s wily ways, but there are good reasons for the two to be alliesThe arrival of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Sunday was an interesting but minor item in the process of what has become known as “south-south relations”. It will strengthen western myth-makers – the same ones who brought us Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction – on the story of Venezuela as a modern day Cave of the 40 Thieves with Hugo Chávez cast as the wicked and wily Ali Baba.