UNDP WATCH: United Nations, UNDP, Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua the only places where Gaddafi's still a friend

Sunday, February 27, 2011

United Nations, UNDP, Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua the only places where Gaddafi's still a friend

Where Gadhafi's Name Is Still Gold

BY NICHOLAS CASEY AND JOSE DE CORDOBA

MEXICO CITY—Most of the world's leaders have condemned Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi for unleashing a brutal repression that has killed hundreds of his fellow countrymen. But he is still being supported by Latin America's most autocratic leftist leaders, with whom he has longstanding ties.

Cuba's retired dictator Fidel Castro said this week it was too early to criticize Libya's government and warned of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization invasion of Libya he claimed was being orchestrated by U.S. "imperialism."

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, the former Sandinista revolutionary, has been telephoning Mr. Gadhafi to express his solidarity against Libyan rebels.

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