Chavez promotes closer Africa-South America ties

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'PORLAMAR, Venezuela – Some 30 African and South American leaders are seeking to build on their alliances at a summit that gives Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a chance to extend his influence across the Atlantic.

Libya's Moammar Gadhafi set up camp in a trademark Bedouin tent and met with Chavez inside it Friday night. Others including Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe and Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika arrived at the beachside hotel amid crowds of bodyguards and aides.

The two-day summit starting Saturday on Venezuela's Margarita Island is aimed at addressing a wide range of common concerns, from poverty solutions to calls for reform at the United Nations.

Chavez has called it "a summit of great importance for the struggles of the South."' (AP)

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090926/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_southam_africa_summit


the idea is old but always good. the political promoters cast more than a shadow on the whole thing though.

[Selatius]

1. Yeah, but why Moammar Gadhafi, of all leaders? And Robert Mugabe?

I would rather have tea with Nelson Mandela and talk poverty and how to fight it.