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...hemisphere and around the world, including such nations as Brazil, Russia and China. But the U.S., which charges that Chavez is a would-be dictator in the mold of Fidel Castro - and also fears that Venezuela might thwart the Bush Administration's efforts to rein in Iran's uranium enrichment program - is battling hard to get Guatemala elected to the Latin seat instead. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton - pointing to just the kind of raw rhetoric Chavez used today - has repeatedly warned that Venezuela would be a "disruptive" presence on the Council. Nevertheless, Chavez looks likely...
...Treaty. If they were to do so, of course, they would be well within reach of bomb-making capacity - and that, together with concerns over parts of the program that were undeclared until they were later exposed, has prompted the Security Council to ask Iran to voluntarily refrain from uranium enrichment until it has convinced the world it harbors no secret weapons ambitions. Still, while the IAEA, whose inspectors monitor Iran's nuclear activities, has expressed concerns and demanded more clarity over certain aspects of the program, it has found no evidence thus far of a nuclear weapons program...
...Moreover, in negotiating with the Europeans, Iran has expressed a willingness to create additional mechanisms to satisfy the international community's concerns - while maintaining its right, in principle, to enrich uranium. And that's an issue on which it gets considerable support from the developing world. In short, much of the world remains to be convinced that Iran actually harbors the "nuclear weapons ambitions" alleged by President Bush. And the fact that these allegations are coming from the same man who started a war on the basis of a series of claims against Iraq that later were proved false does...
...self-assurance that borders on arrogance. His brown eyes locked onto mine when he made a point about Iran's nuclear program. His rhetoric was measured, but he was adamant on the issues that have made him so controversial. He dismissed U.N. demands that Iran suspend its uranium-enrichment program but said, "We are opposed to the development of nuclear weapons. We think it is of no use and that it is against the interests of nations." He waved a hand dismissively when I couldn't grasp his logic in questioning the Holocaust. Asked to defend his claim that...
TIME: Why won't you agree to suspend enrichment of uranium as a confidence-building measure...