Fidel, Saddam and Hugo --An improbable but growing friendship of three military revolutionaries -- The improbable but growing friendship of three military revolutionaries - Fidel Castro of Cuba, Saddam Hussein of Iraq and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela - poses a challenge to U.S. interests and to President-elect George W. Bush. It is a friendship with considerable power: Venezuela and Iraq are among the top 10 oil exporters.
Cuba is a beneficiary of their largesse and, in Venezuela's case, a mentor of revolution.