Hugo Chávez is making friends in the world. We already know plenty about his internal aberrations, but now he’s also going astray abroad. At least in the eyes of the United States.
This week, Hugo is visiting his friend Vladimir in Russia. According to the BBC, Chávez and Putin will discuss the purchase of up to [...]

Today, Russian president Vladimir Putin gave his long expected ’state of the union’-speech - his last one, as he reiterated, since he is due to step down in 2008. The speech was eagerly awaited by observers, especially across the Atlantic, after talks between Secretary of State Robert Gates and his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov on [...]