CARACAS, Venezuela — One of Muammar al Gaddafi’s few friends on the international stage has said that the former Libyan leader will be remembered “as a great fighter, a revolutionary and martyr.”
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez described the killing of Gaddafi as a “murder,” before slamming the U.S. and its allies. “The story in Libya is just beginning,” Chávez said. “The Yankee empire cannot master the world. The worst thing is that in their efforts to dominate the world, the empire and its allies are burning.”
Chavez arrived back in Venezuela today after medical tests in Cuba, which he claims have given him the all clear. “I am free of illness,” the president confidently declared. “Chavez is back!”
That Chavez of old will be looking forward to presidential elections next October and his rhetoric will no doubt return to its previous magnificence. Just today, on a pilgrimage to a Catholic shrine, Chavez said: “It would be easier for a donkey to pass through the eye of a needle than for the opposition to win the elections.”
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