Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez wears a Bolivian poncho as he speaks to a crowd while Bolivian president Evo Morales, left, looks on during an official event at the village of Shinahota in Bolivia on Friday, May 26, 2006. Oil-rich Venezuela's increasing influence in Bolivia will be sealed with a penstroke Friday when presidents Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales sign another set of accords, this time to secure Venezuela's role in Bolivia's recently nationalized energy industry. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Glum and Glummer
Just waait for his comment's next week!
Bolivian President Evo Morales (R) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wave to supporters during an official ceremony in Shinahota, Bolivia, May 26, 2006. (David Mercado/Reuters)
Hugo was there to get shakedown drug profits ala a classic Jesse Jackson trip to "industry".
BTW--what SA soccer team's version of the Euro jester's hat is that? I can't quite make out the capitalistic sponsor above the dog ears.