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Venezuela's Chavez Receives Hero's Welcome in Damascus


[AP/New York Times] President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela received a hero's welcome on Wednesday in Syria, where he said the two countries would "build a new world" free of domination by the U.S. Thousands of Syrians waved banners and flags along Chavez's route to a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Chavez has compared Israel's airstrikes in Lebanon to the Holocaust, and earlier this month withdrew his country's ambassador from Israel in protest.
2006-08-31 01:00:00
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