Chavez, Assad join hands against U.S.

By Albert Aji
ASSOCIATED PRESS
AP Photo

DAMASCUS, Syria -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received a hero's welcome in Syria, where he said yesterday that the two countries will "build a new world" free of U.S. domination and vowed to one day "dig the grave of U.S. imperialism."

Thousands of Syrians waved banners and Venezuelan flags along Mr. Chavez's route to a meeting with President Bashar Assad.

His visit was the latest in a series of international stops where he has trumpeted his opposition to Washington's global influence and advanced what he calls a "multipolar" vision of world affairs. His trips also coincide with Venezuela's push to win a rotating seat on the U.N. Security Council, over U.S. opposition.

I am posting this to illustrate what direction Mexico may be heading in if Obrador succeeds in his quest to overthrow the current Mexican government. Better the evil we know
(PAN and Calderon) then the evil we don't know (Obrador and his populist ideology). -mm