Venezuela's leader Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that US President Barack Obama had done nothing beyond wishful thinking to earn the Nobel Peace Prize. Chavez, who has mixed praise for Obama personally with criticism of his govt's "imperialist" policies, said he thought it was a mistake when he read the US leader had won.
"What has Obama done to deserve this prize? The jury put store on his hope for a nuclear arms-free world, forgetting his role in perpetuating his batallions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and his decision to install new military bases in Colombia." Chavez wrote in a column.