Architect Oscar Niemeyer design.

CARACAS, VENEZUELA.- Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, just visited Fidel Castro and gave him a message by Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer, a sketch of one of his works he is preparing for the island, and expressed satisfaction with the recovery of the Cuban president, convalescent from complicated intestinal surgery. Architect Oscar Niemeyer,99, is planning a sculpture of South American liberation hero Simon Bolivar to overlook Caracas. Oscar Niemeyer is best known for designing Brazil's futuristic capital. The monument would be more than 300 feet tall over the Avila Mountain. Niemeyer recently visited Chavez and offered to build this statue.

Niemeyer said, "Look, he is aiming at the United States," when showing the scale model of his work: a 100-meter high inclined triangle surrounded by a water mirror. "Some found this was an aggressive shape somehow, but for me it is justified because of the moment we are living with Venezuela leading this movement of resistance against (US President George W.) Bush," Niemeyer, a self-confessed communist, said.  (courtesy www.Artdaily.org)