Interesting Articles

Came across this article on Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan President. It talks about how Hugo Chavez is the new Fidel Castro and the eventual successor as the stallwort against the United Sates. Venezuela has one thing that Cuba doesn't have, though, and that's oil. $156 million dollars a day is generated from the black gold, to be precise. It's worth a read if you can spare 10 minutes.

In the same region, Zimbabwe's President, Robert Mugabe, is in Havana, Cuba to talk with Fidel Castro. Among other things, the two will visit places of "historical and scientific interest" and discuss US influence over the IMF. One curious statistic was that the number of Zimbabwean students that have been educated in Cuba is 3,034. That's a partnership I never would've thought of. The article can be found here.