Ahmadinejad ends LatAm tour

Iranian President Mahmoud yesterday wraps up a four-nation tour of Latin America that yielded kind words from ideological allies but no clear offers to help ease Western sanctions against its nuclear program.
The limited results from his tour of Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador reinforce the view that Iran will need to rely on diplomatic heavyweights like China or Russia to help stave off sanctions that for the first time threaten its oil income.
Latin America's most prominent left-wing presidents, led by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, have defended Iran's right to develop nuclear energy and slammed tightened measures by Washington.