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Caribbean-Latin America
Ahmadinejad to go visit pals in south america
2007-01-09
Tehran, 9 Jan. (AKI) - Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is preparing to leave Tehran on Friday for a tour of Latin America which will lead him to Venezuela, Nicaragua and Ecuador. Ahmadinejad, who had already visited the region in September, is scheduled to land Saturday morning in the Venezuelan capital Caracas where he will be greeted by president Hugo Chavez, his closest ally in South America.

On Sunday, Ahmadinejad will travel to Nigaragua's capital Managua, where he will meet his Nicaraguan counterpart Daniel Ortega.

The president's trip will end in the capital of Ecuador Quito where he will take part in the swearing in ceremony of the new president, Rafael Correa, and where he is also scheduled to meet Bolivia's president Evo Morales, another close ally in the Iran-led anti US international alliance. Since his election as president in June 2005, Ahmadinejad has forged close alliances with Latin American countries led by anti-US governments including Cuba along with Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua.

Meanwhile Tehran has announced that the state-owned cinema production company will produce an hour-long documentary on Chavez.
Posted by:anonymous5089

#10  Inshallah maintenance + prayer time for the pilots + inshallah air-to-air missile testing = ???
Posted by: Seafarious   2007-01-09 18:26  

#9  I hear Ahmadinejad is planning on converting. May become a bishop in the Church of Chavez, though he would look better in flamboyant cardinal red.
Posted by: ed   2007-01-09 18:24  

#8  Just a maser burst away from space....HINT HINT!
Posted by: 3dc   2007-01-09 18:07  

#7  Sure would be a shame if some damm cough terrorist bomb happened onto that plane about mid course huh.
Posted by: C-Low   2007-01-09 18:03  

#6  Mojo, it seems to me that a mid-Atlantic 'accident' would work well. I wonder if the USN is testing any missiles in the area? Gosh, I would hate if an unfortunate accident were to happen where his plane hit our test missile.
Posted by: Brett   2007-01-09 15:20  

#5  Given the trouble Iran has had recently with airplanes crashing, perhaps Nutjob will get unlucky.
Posted by: Spot   2007-01-09 15:07  

#4  I still insist the key reason for visits like this is to fluff the price of oil.
Posted by: Penguin   2007-01-09 14:58  

#3  Limited air routes between Caracas and Nicaragua. Nice place for a plane accident.

Any carriers in the gulf?
Posted by: mojo   2007-01-09 14:56  

#2  I thought of that. First thing.
Posted by: tu3031   2007-01-09 14:50  

#1  Has anyone thought of the idea of bagging two at once in Caracas on Saturday?

Or are we so wussified we'd never think of that...
Posted by: BigEd   2007-01-09 14:32  

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