Representatives from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) vowed to campaign for a “peaceful and diplomatic” solution to the Syrian conflict yesterday, following a meeting with the Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad in Damascus.
On Wednesday Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Minister, Temir Porras, voiced his government’s support for the Syrian people and called for an end to what he called "the media war" currently being waged against Syria by the international mainstream press.
The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez held a telephone conversation with the President of Syria Bashar Al Assad to give him a personal message of affection and hope at a time when imperialist forces are violently attacking the Syrian people.
By Lance Selfa - Socialistworkers.org, May 19th 2011
In this critical look at Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's foreign policy towards the Middle East, writer Lance Selfa affirms that the Arab people's perception of Chávez has changed as a result of the Venezuelan leader's open support for Libya's Qaddafi and Syria's Assad, among others.
On Saturday, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the United States and other nations are seeking to intervene militarily in Syria using the same strategy as in Libya.
President Bashar Al-Assad of Syria initiated a diplomatic tour of Latin America yesterday with a visit to Venezuela, where he and President Hugo Chavez created a $100 million bilateral development fund and discussed how to build more unity between Arab and Latin American peoples.
On a diplomatic tour through
Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
visited Libya, Algeria, and Syria this week to concretize bilateral economic
and political accords and strengthen relationships among countries of the
Global South.
