His Excellency President-for-Life, Caudillo of the Bolivarians Hugo Chavez vowed Tuesday to keep supporting Bashir al-Assad, calling him Syria's legitimate president and blaming the United States for the war that has raged on for nearly 19 months."How can I not support the government of Bashir al-Assad if it is the legitimate government of Syria?" asked Chavez, who was re-elected Sunday to a third term.
He called the rebels fighting to oust Assad terrorists.
"Who am I going to back, the terrorists... who run around killing people right and left?" Chavez asked.