Obama never met a dictator he didn’t like

It’s been a busy news cycle: Obamacare, Iran massacres, limp hot dog diplomacy, North Korean threats, Cap and Tax. It’s hard to keep up. I almost missed this. (Via memeorandum, as reported by AlJazeera – of all news outlets)

The United States and Venezuela are to reinstate ambassadors to Caracas and Washington, setting aside a diplomatic spat that soured ties last year.

The two nations expelled each other’s envoys last September in a dispute involving allegations by Bolivia, a close ally of Venezuela, that Washington was meddling in its internal affairs.

The normalisation of diplomatic ties “will take place in the coming days, and as soon as the ambassadors have resumed their functions we will move forward to a more fluid communication,” Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan foreign minister, said on Wednesday.

It makes perfect sense. Based on President Obama’s actions one can easily surmise that he sees Hugo Chavez as a role model. Or, it could just be more of this:

Sing along! This could be our new national anthem.