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WriteDown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 07:07 AM
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Chavez says Iran helping Venezuela find uranium
Source: Reuters

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday Iran is helping his country explore for uranium, but stressed his government would only use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

Venezuela says it is working with Russia to develop nuclear energy for peaceful uses, and the country's mining minister said last month Iranian officials were helping to look for uranium, with preliminary tests indicating big deposits.

"We're working with several countries, with Iran, with Russia. We're responsible for what we're doing, we're in control," Chavez told reporters in the central Bolivian region of Cochabamba during a gathering of leftist Latin American presidents.

U.S. President Barack Obama and other western leaders have accused Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

Chavez said Venezuela would only use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, adding that neither Venezuela nor Iran was planning to build a nuclear bomb.

"What we propose is for nuclear bombs to be eliminated. Venezuela will never build a nuclear bomb," he said....

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE59G1WQ20091017



This sounds somewhat familiar.
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 07:13 AM
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1. I honestly don't see how Chavez could call the dictatorship in Iran an ally.
I mean, only a few months ago, the people of Iran almost toppled the regime in Tehran after it blatantly rigged the election results there. Where would Chavez be if that had occurred? Makes no sense to me.
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DutchLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 09:40 AM
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3. How can Obama maintain friendly relations with China and Saudi-Arabia?
The answer is simple: self-interest.
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spanza Donating Member (363 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 01:46 PM
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4. We were very sad to see how he treated the people in the streets of Iran
as if they were infiltrated agents from the Empire.

I quote our Ministry of External Affairs (in spanish, 4 days after the elections in Iran):

República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores

COMUNICADO
El Gobierno de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, a nombre del pueblo de Venezuela, ratifica su reconocimiento al pueblo y al gobierno de la República Islámica de Irán por la extraordinaria jornada democrática que protagonizaron el pasado viernes 12 de junio, cuando tuvieron lugar unas elecciones presidenciales que registraron niveles históricos de participación popular y resultaron en la reelección del Presidente Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

El gobierno bolivariano de Venezuela manifiesta su más firme rechazo a la feroz e infundada campaña de descrédito que, desde el exterior, se ha desatado contra las instituciones de la República Islámica de Irán, con el objetivo de enturbiar el clima político de ese hermano país. Desde Venezuela, denunciamos estos actos de injerencia en los asuntos internos de la República Islámica de Irán, al tiempo que exigimos el cese inmediato de estas maniobras de intimidación y desestabilización contra la Revolución Islámica.

El pueblo y el gobierno de de Venezuela albergamos la certeza de que el pueblo iraní sabrá solucionar sus asuntos internos y continuará la senda de la Revolución Islámica.



Caracas, 16 de junio de 2009"

Makes no sense to me neither.
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Bacchus39 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 02:09 PM
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5. translation
Venezuela Minister of External Affairs


Comunicado:

The Goverment of Venezuela, in the name of the Venezuelan people, ratifies its acknowledgement of the people and government of Iran for your extraordinary democratic journey that was demonstrated June 12, when the presidential took place and historic levels of popular participation were registered, and resulted in the election of Ahmadinejad.

The Ven. Goverment manifests its firm rejection of the fierce and unfounded campaign to discredit, from the exterior, unleashed against the institutions of Iran, with the objective of creating turmoil of this brother country. From Ven, we denoumce these acts of intervention in the internal affairs fo Iran, and at the same time we demand the immediate ceasing of these maneuvers of intimidation and destabilization against Iran.

The Ven "people" and the Ven government harbor the certainty that the Iranian people will know how to resolve their internal affairs and will continue the path of the Islamic revolution.

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ChangoLoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 02:31 PM
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6. a more recent one, just as nice. we are proud of our Comandante!
Iran and Venezuela are "puntos de apoyo" to transform the world... sorry my english :)

http://www.mre.gob.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=227:qiran-y-venezuela-son-puntos-de-apoyo-para-transformar-el-mundoq-&catid=57:gira-presidencial-africa-medio-oriente-asia-centra&Itemid=116

"Irán y Venezuela son puntos de apoyo para transformar el mundo"
Mashad, República Islámica de Irán. 06 de septiembre de 2009 (Prensa Presidencial) .- El presidente Hugo Chávez precisó que Irán y Venezuela, en la actualidad, son puntos esenciales y apoyo fundamental para la construcción de un nuevo mundo fundado en la fraternidad, la cooperación, la amistad y la soberanía en materia de relaciones diplomáticas.

Así lo expresó el líder bolivariano durante el vuelo desde la ciudad de Teherán hasta Mashad, urbe destinada para culminar su visita de dos días a la República Islámica de Irán. En compañía del canciller iraní, Manuchehr Mottaki, el Presidente venezolano adelantó aspectos importantes de su conversación con el líder espiritual del pueblo persa, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei.

”Estuvimos hablando con él (...) es un hombre sabio, y hablamos sobre la importancia de las relaciones entre Irán y Venezuela", indicó el mandatario venezolano, al tiempo de destacar que en el desarrollo de la cooperación bilateral, "Irán y Venezuela son referencia fundamental para la nueva geopolítica internacional.

"Al mundo no va a transformarlo el imperio (...) sino los antiimperialistas (...) y hay otros puntos de apoyo para que sigamos moviendo y transformando el mundo".

A propósito de la visita, comentó que en su estadía en la ciudad sagrada de Mashad firmará, junto a su homólogo Mahmud Ahmadineyad, una serie de nuevos acuerdos de cooperación e intercambio en materias energética, agrícola, tecnológica, petroquímica y farmacéutica. En este último punto, refirió que con ayuda de la República Islámica de Irán, nuestro país pronto tendrá la capacidad de fabricar sus propios medicamentos, con transferencia de tecnología.
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Braulio Donating Member (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 03:01 PM
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8. Iranian Refinery Shortages
Hopefully the Iranian people will know how to resolve their internal lack of gasoline refining capacity.
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ChangoLoa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 02:37 PM
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7. they took it out of the ministry's site but not from the state TV site
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AlphaCentauri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 09:27 AM
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2. Forget about Venezuela and Iran the real danger is next door in Mexico
Mexico has nuclear facilities that can be used by terrorist to get enrich uranium and plutonium.

How come we let the Mexicans own a nuclear power plan??? they could use that knowledge to take back the south west.




http://www.bnamericas.com/news/electricpower/Paper:_CFE_to_reduce_Laguna_Verde_project_budget

:puffpiece:
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