• Daniel Ortega,  Iran,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  Nicaragua

    Iran Watch: Ahmadinejad And Ortega Pledge Closer Ties

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    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega, center, and First Lady Rosario Murillo, rise their fists during a visit to the neighborhood ‘Cuba Libre’ in Managua, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007. As part of his Latin America tour, Ahmadinejad will visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Ecuador.

    BBC: Iran and Nicaragua vow close ties

    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has pledged closer ties with Nicaragua as he continues his Latin America tour.

    “We have common interests, common enemies and common goals”, he said as he visited shantytowns in Managua with the Nicaraguan leader, Daniel Ortega.

    Mr Ahmadinejad arrived in Nicaragua from Venezuela where he signed business agreements with President Hugo Chavez.

    The Iranian president’s visits are aimed at boosting ties with the region’s most vocal critics of the US.

    The aim is also to garner further support in the international debate over Iran’s nuclear programme and its alleged interference in Iraq.

    So, Ahmadinejad is reworking the old Soviet Socialist network in order to poke the United States in the eye is he?’

    Mahmoud must have delusions of grandeur because Iran is NO Soviet Union in its Cold War days.

    The Bush administration is watching Mr Ahmadinejad’s tour closely, says BBC Latin America correspondent Duncan Kennedy.

    As well as meeting Mr Chavez and Mr Ortega, Mr Ahmadinejad is also due to attend the inauguration of Ecuador’s leftist new President Rafael Correa.

    It is also expected that the Iranian president will meet Evo Morales of Bolivia.

    But, what about Latin America’s more developed countries – the ones without socialist governments? Flap supposes Ahmadinejad will not waste his time there because he cannot buy respect with his oil revenue.

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    Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) and Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega greet supporters from Ortega’s Sandinista party during a meeting in a suburb of Managua January 14, 2007.

    Mr Ortega took his visitor on a tour of shantytowns in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua.

    Hundreds of people turned out, waving flags of Mr Ortega’s Sandinista party and holding photographs of the Iranian president.

    “The imperialists don’t like us to help you progress and develop. They don’t like us to get rid of poverty and unite people,” said Mr Ahmadinejad.

    “But the whole world knows that Nicaragua and Iran are together.”

    Mr Ortega said he would sign accords with Mr Ahmadinejad to help reduce poverty in Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in Latin America.

    The two countries announced that they were restoring full diplomatic relations and re-opening embassies in their capitals.

    Flap doesn’t think these countries have too much in common except totalitarian governments that harbor a hatred of the United States.

    Is Iran attempting to export its Middle East hegemony? Trying to take the game to the United States?

    You bet…..

    Time to take the gloves off…….

    Stay tuned……..

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