Odious oration...

Now Hugo is really pushing the boundries, and I'm not on about him ordering his troops to start destroying frontier bridges. Today he's been defending his "brothers": this not only about people responsible for 'destroying' entire nations but also know murderers and known terrorists. Robert Mugabe isn't who many sane people would call their brother, much less saying it of Idi Amin:

"We thought he was a cannibal," Chavez said, referring to Amin, whose regime was notorious for torturing and killing suspected opponents in the 1970s. "I have doubts. ... I don't know, maybe he was a great nationalist, a patriot."

...or Carlos the Jackal!

"They accuse him of being a terrorist, but Carlos really was a revolutionary fighter," [From AP about an hour ago] "Chavez said during a televised speech to socialist politicians from various countries, who applauded."

A person known (not just accused) of being guilty of multiple terrorist attacks, a known multiple murderer, well Chavez "defends" him; it's not the first time either, a few years ago he announced how he considers him a friend, and about that time Citizen Feathers reminded us he had corresponded with "El Chacal". Worth noting that letter was written AFTER Chavez became president. Let's hope that what Shimon Peres said last week turns out ot be true.