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Chavez seeks Africa unity, reveals Iran uranium aid
Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:29pm EDT
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PORLAMAR, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez hosted some of Africa's longest-ruling leaders at a Caribbean resort on Saturday for a summit he says will help end Western economic dominance.
Chavez set a provocative early tone with an announcement on Friday by his government that it is working with Iran to find uranium in Venezuela.
That came amid a fresh uproar and sanctions threats from the West over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Chavez's high-profile summit guests included Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, who is celebrating four decades in office and had a white limousine flown to Venezuela to meet him at the airport. Also present was Robert Mugabe, 85, who has led Zimbabwe since the end of British rule nearly 30 years ago.
Chavez has governed for just over 10 years and makes no bones about his aim to stay in office for decades more while he works to turn Venezuela into a socialist state.
He said the two-day meeting of African and South American leaders, which also includes many recently elected presidents, would help the mainly poor nations build stronger trade ties and rely less on Europe and the United States.
Chavez said Europe and the United States were empires that have imposed poverty on much of the world.
"We are going to create two great poles of power," Chavez told reporters at the luxury Hilton resort on Venezuela's Margarita island. We are "seeking a world with no more imperialism where we will be free, uniting to escape poverty."
The presidents of Brazil and South Africa also attended the summit. Their model of business-friendly economics mixed with a focus on the poor is more popular among many African countries than Chavez's radical message.
The leaders at the summit were likely to agree on supporting stronger links between the two continents and calling for reform of global institutions like the United Nations and World Bank to give poor countries more clout.
TENT FOR GADDAFI
Gaddafi, whose entourage arrived in two matching Airbus passenger jets and pitched a Bedouin tent beside the Hilton's pool, on Wednesday told the United Nations that big powers had betrayed the U.N. charter with vetoes and sanctions.
King Mswati III of Swaziland, who was crowned in 1987, was also due to appear on Margarita, among an anticipated 28 African and South American leaders in total.
Their host Chavez seems to be going all out to provoke his foes, particularly Washington. On Friday, Venezuela said Iran, an increasingly close ally of Chavez, was helping identify the South American nation's uranium reserves.
Chavez says he opposes nuclear weapons, but that the developed world does not have the right to stop other countries from developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Continued...
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