Calling President Ahmadinejad “my brother”, Chavez stated that several oil contracts would be signed between Iranian and Venezuelan companies during his visit. Ahmadinejad on the other hand hailed his Venezuelan counterpart’s decisive stance” against Washington, noting that having him in Iran was “like a meeting between two brothers and comrades.” On Sunday, Iranian President will hand Mr. Chavez the “High Medal of the Islamic Republic of Iran” for his contribution to improving bilateral ties between the two countries in recent years. “Mr Chavez is very close to Iran due to his revolutionary standpoints and also the two countries of Iran and Venezuela have various common points on regional and global issues,” Ahmadinejad said. … Iran and Venezuela have joined forces with the aim of undermining the U.S. currency

read more at aljazeera

Interesting, isn’t it? You would think the commies might learn from history. The last time they tried an alliance with the nazis, it didn’t work out too well.

Nuke

update at 13:20

It just occurred to me that by his alliance with Iran, Chavez effectively removes himself from contention for the Idiotarian of the Year Award, and has instead, moved himself to contention for full memebership in the Axis of Evil. It is a shame, too, because of the strong 2nd place finish for last year’s award, Chavez had become an early favorite for this year’s extravaganza.