Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waves his country’s flag while speaking to supporters after receiving news of his reelection, Caracas, October 7, 2012 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has comfortably won a fourth consecutive term in office after a hotly-contested presidential election in the Latin American country. The National Electoral Council announced on Sunday that President Chavez won the... 

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the Miraflores presidential palace, Caracas, January 9, 2012 Last week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made a week-long tour of Latin America. The Iranian leader visited Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador. Ahmadinejad does not have many friends in the world. All of them, except for Syria, are in Latin America....