Chavez wants to work with Iran...

In this blog, we're now going to start paying more attention to Hugo Chavez, the anti-American ruler of Venezuela

Mr. Chavez, who is given to needling the United States and making other provocative comments during a weekly TV program, said after a meeting with Iranian company officials on Sunday that he was interested in pursuing a partnership for atomic and solar energy projects.

"We are interested and should begin working in the nuclear field with Brazil, Argentina and other countries," said Mr. Chavez, who asserted that Iran has no nuclear weapons ambitions.

"We want to initiate nuclear research and ask for help from countries like Iran," he said.