In his quest for a world free of "American hegemony" Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president, has been touring eastern Europe and the Middle East, signing energy deals with Russia (including an agreement for Venezuela's first nuclear power plant), visiting Iran’s capital for the ninth time and offering to supply Belarus with oil for the "next 200 years".
As part of an eight-nation diplomatic tour, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez visited Belarus’s state-owned housing, agricultural, and manufacturing complexes over the weekend.
During
an eleven-day tour of Eurasia, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez promoted the
transformation of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) into a cartel
similar to the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Chavez
said the aim of his tour was to counter U.S. economic and political dominance
and promote a multi-polar world.
