Chavez in Tehran: "Empire of dollar is crashing" (Reuters)

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Chavez in Tehran: "Empire of dollar is crashing"
Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:32am EST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
said on Monday the "empire of the dollar is crashing", a
day after his country and anti-U.S. ally Iran advocated
action over the weakening U.S. currency during an OPEC
summit in Riyadh.

Chavez, who on Saturday said oil prices could double to
$200 per barrel if the United States attacks Iran over
its disputed atomic ambitions, spoke to reporters after
talks with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

"Soon we will not talk about dollars because the dollar
is falling in value and the empire of the dollar is crashing,"
Chavez said in comments translated into Farsi from
Spanish.

"Naturally, by the crash of the dollar, America's empire
will crash," Chavez said at a joint news conference with
Ahmadinejad. The two presidents share the same
viewpoint in denouncing U.S. influence in the world.

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