The Dignity of Venezuela's UN Security Council Bid
This gobsmacking tidbit courtesy of the UK daily The Independent:
Not content with building runways in the Caribbean, sending aid to Africa and striking an oil deal here and there – not to mention calling George Bush “the devil” – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has resorted to more conventional means of convincing foreign statesmen that his country deserves a seat on the UN Security Council.
Venezuela gifted chocolates to delegates, and has now imported a crack team of Latin lovelies to charm those in need of a little gentle persuasion.
“They’re not quite scantily clad,” says a bag-carrier in the corridors of power, “but there is a bit of brushing of thighs with the older delegates.
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