Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) greets Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo (2nd L), as Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (C) greets Libya's Colonel Mustafa Al-Kharroubi (L), coordinator of the Libyan General Provisional Committee for Defense (R) while Iraq's Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan (bottom R) and the Kuwait's oil minister Saud Nasser Al-Sabah (top L) look on at the end of the opening session of the second summit of heads of state of OPEC in Caracas 27 September, 2000. Chavez is hosting the second summit of the leaders of the oil cartel in its 40 year history.