Amid Growing Iranian Influence in Latin America, Ahmadinejad Travels to Brazil
News Blaze / News Blaze
23-Nov-2009 (one comment)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to arrive in Brazil on November 23 for a three-day visit in an effort to further strengthen relations between the two countries and expand Iran's influence in the region. [1]

 

During Ahmadinejad's trip, the two countries are expected to discuss implementing a travel visa waiver agreement, Iranian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alireza Salari said in an interview with Agência Brasil on Oct. 23. [2] If an agreement is signed, Iranians will be allowed to enter and exit Brazil without visas.

Iranians previously entered the region through Nicaragua without visas and Venezuela maintains a direct flight from Tehran to Caracas, via Syria. [3]

Brazil, the largest country in Latin America, ranks among Iran's top regional allies that include anti-Western nations such as Venezuela and Bolivia. [4] From 2002 - 2007, the volume of Iran-Brazil trade quadrupled to $2 billion. [5] Most of Iran's exports to Brazil consist of petrochemical and oil products. [6]

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has maintained a close relationship to Iran and, unlike many international leaders, openly supports Iran's self-declared right to nuclear energy. [7] Da Silva also was among the first leaders to congratulate Ahmadinejad following Iran's controversial June 12 elections. [8]

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki acknowledges that "the political stands adopted by Teh... >>>

recommended by Shah Ghollam

Balatarin
Share/Save/Bookmark

 
Farhad Kashani

Chavez, Russia & China are plundering Iran and S Gholam is happy

by Farhad Kashani on Tue Nov 24, 2009 02:57 PM PST

Shah Gholam,

Every decent South American, including most Venezuelans I met, know how moronic, dictatorship and how much of a bigot and a savage this Hugo Chavez is. He has turned Venezuela into a IRI like dictatorship, and is rejected by most Venezuelans, and his election is fraud. Again, only a Leftist moron believes IRI and some South American countries are on the right track.

That being said, Chavez and others, are using Iran, our country, just like Russia and china are, to “gain” something, and it has nothing to do with ideological similarities. What Chavez and Khamenei say is to fool people like you to support them because you have mental illness cause “anti Westernism”. I don’t call it simply a political ideology, but a mental illness, cause it has reached absurd levels, nonetheless, it’s only to fool people like you. Chavez is using Iranian people’s oil to strengthen his position, he doesn’t give a rats behind about Khamenei.

Its just so sad that some people who betray Iran by supporting the IRI regime and its allies like Chavez, think plundering Iran’s resources in the name of sick anti American fetish is a good thing.

 


  •